The queen of the Nile   She laid on her throne   And she was drifting downstream   On a barge that was burnished with gold   Royal purple the sails   So sweetly perfumed   And poor Mark Antony's   Senses were drowned   And his future was doomed      He was blinded by love   He was blinded by love      The Philistines paid   For Samson's blind rage   The secrets that two lovers share   Should never have been betrayed      He was blinded by love   He was blinded by love      Now it's no use crying or weeping   You better lock up your soul for safe keeping   Promise me      The poor Prince of Wales   He gave up his crown   All for the trivial pursuit of   A parvenu second-hand lady   So lovers beware   If you lose your heart   Careful now, don't lose your mind   Don't mortgage your soul to a stranger      Don't be blinded by love   Don't be blinded by love      Blinded by love   Blinded by love