Sinbad Says

on a sultan’s roof the wind she plays
across the seas a prayers wail
and Oshan dreams
all his troubles away

neath October skies
sweet Sophia lay
a thousand eyes each their own
they pray
and the world outside
what’s on the news today

on the cobbled stones of Istanbul
Sinbad says, it’s written full
world peace is inevitable
on the cobbled stones of Istanbul
Sinbad says, it’s written full
world peace is inevitable

under Turkish sun how Marco draws
charcoal lines, what beauty saw
and Julian plays, black and white
so quiet

and Ebert paints in strokes of tea
washes bronze the world he seas
and we all bow
to this precious now

on the cobbled stones of Istanbul
Sinbad says, it’s written full
world peace is inevitable
peace is inevitable…..