Marco and Kubla (1998, Live in 2018 @ Viseltear Violins)

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Marco Polo traveled many thousand miles
To bring spices from the East by land and ship
And on the way he stopped in Xanadu a day or two
To chat with Kubla Khan about his trip

No one knows what they would talk about all day
Although there's been a lot of speculation
My guess is women and the loneliness of men
Who have no map to help them to their destination.

And I was at an outpost of the spice trail
In a crater in the Negev in the hot, hot sun
And I thought of Marco Polo
And his caravan of camels
Drinking at this wadi back in 1271

Kubla Khan, well he was merciless in war
But he was also interested in other cultures
He brought the wisest men from every land to Xanadu
And left opposing armies to the vultures

How can a man with an exquisite sense of beauty
Be okay with hacking other men to pieces?
Well, he saw conquering them as his sacred duty
Offered enlightenment in exchange for land and booty
And Marco Polo could accept the man's philosophy
'Cause Italy's protected by the mountains

And I was at an outpost of the spice trail
In a crater in the Negev in the hot, hot sun
And I thought of Marco Polo
And his caravan of camels
Drinking at this wadi back in 1271

Marco and Kubla, well they were the best of friends
The Mongol warlord and the Italian businessman
And I guess the world won't see the likes of them again
All along the winding pathways of the spice trail

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