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[00:19.33]Well, the train slipped into the station
[00:24.34]A worn out steel blue soul
[00:28.73]A relic from, colonial days
[00:33.15]When the French, were still in control
[00:37.47]Lorsque les Francais, ont ete en controle
[00:41.34]🎵
[00:49.13]It's an outpost in transition
[00:53.73]Where the faithful in the bar
[00:58.01]Know from the whistle and, the squeaking wheels
[01:02.82]That the next stop is Dakar
[01:07.30]La prochaine etape etait Dakar
[01:11.13]🎵
[01:15.31]Talk on the radio
[01:17.55]Talk on the street
[01:19.80]Talk of men with money loco from the heat
[01:24.36]Talk about the rail band
[01:26.67]Picking up the beat
[01:28.43]We lit that great reunion
[01:30.34]With the headlights on the jeep
[01:32.72]🎵
[01:41.80]And there's history on that jukebox
[01:46.20]Where the spies and scoundrels dwell
[01:50.64]It was the place to go, in Bamako
[01:55.21]Di-rec-cion, Buffet Hotel
[01:59.82]Di-rec-cion, Buffet Hotel
[02:03.99]🎵
[02:34.12]Now we're lost in the Sahara
[02:39.01]Four hours north of Tombouctou
[02:43.66]Looking for, a nomad who knows
[02:47.97]Or maybe some wandering Jew
[02:52.29]Allons a Essakane, Syndou
[02:55.91]🎵
[03:03.59]Then we heard that Tuarog combo
[03:07.94]We had come so very far
[03:12.28]And we were welcomed out of history
[03:17.02]By the wind, the sand and the stars
[03:21.48]J'ai commence, a le percevoir
[03:25.48]🎵
[03:29.11]Sand in the couscous
[03:31.39]Sand in the wine
[03:32.80]There was sand in my guitar case
[03:35.41]Stories in my mind
[03:37.65]Machine guns on the hilltop
[03:40.06]Camels in my tent
[03:42.16]Buried in a sandstorm
[03:44.08]As the music came and went
[03:46.39]🎵
[03:55.21]Well, we crawled out of that desert
[03:59.72]And the storm, erased our tracks
[04:04.15]The Sahara showed, her heart to us
[04:09.41]And then, she took it back
[04:12.28]🎵
[04:24.27]Well, we made it back, to Bamako
[04:29.19]Before that last call bell
[04:33.36]We bought rounds for all our newfound friends
[04:38.53]We owned Buffet Hotel
[04:42.30]Nous avons eu Buffet Hotel
[04:45.91]🎵
[04:49.30]Laissez les bon temps rouler
[04:53.40]Tout le monde
[04:54.63]🎵
[05:02.25]I recall diplomats
[05:04.82]And hookers
[05:06.65]I saw strangers, digging wells
[05:11.26]And for that, one great night, in Bamako
[05:16.44]We owned, Buffet Hotel
[05:19.23]🎵