[Outro] [tambourine ] When Was It? [Verse 1] When… when was it? I don’t recall. When? Who can say? My father stood tall. At night through alleys of the slum, He told us that our time had come. [Pre-chorus] when was it? [Chorus] We threw the real dead overboard, Our boat stood still upon a hoard. When was it? There were so many nights. When? The night I lost my sight. [Verse 2] Adil, my elder brother, cried with fear, He looked into my eyes — his sister dear, A thousand men on one small boat — such folly, Yet we left the port of Tripoli. [Pre-chorus] when was it? [Chorus] We threw the real dead overboard, Our boat stood still upon a hoard. When was it? There were so many nights. When? The night I lost my sight. [Instrumental piano] [Bridge] Tomorrow my friend will knock at my door, Will she think me gone — or think me lost? Here, our only meal is prayer, Hell is to die of thirst above… the water, [Outro] We threw the real dead overboard, Our boat stood still upon a hoard. When was it? There were so many nights. When? The night… I lost… my sight…
