There you may stand in your splendour and jewels   Swaying me in both directions   One is the right one, the other for fools   How do I make my selection?    The city lies silent in the warm morning light   The sand is as golden as saffron   Oasis of love sweet water of life   God bless the poor ones who have none though they've tried      Someone is drowning down there in the flood   But this river will dry by tomorrow   Is it's ocean or stream this love in my blood?    Bringer of joy and sorrow?    The end of the journey must soon be in sight   Birth is the start of the swansong   Oasis of love sweet water of life   God bless the poor ones who want some by are denied      No one is given the map to their dreams   All we can do is to trace it   See where we go to   Know where we've been   Build up the courage to face it   While we fumble in the darkness where once there was light   Roaming the land of the ancients   Oasis of love sweet water of life   God bless the poor ones whose patience never died   While we stumble in blindness where once there was sight   Searching for trees in the forest   Oasis of love sweet water of life   God bless the poor ones who have none though they have tried   God bless the poor ones who want some but are denied   God bless the poor ones whose patience never died   God bless the poor ones on that one way donkey ride