Nighttime Istanbul

Mmmmm ...
Ooh yeah, ah, ah
(Ooh yeah, ah, ah)
[Clean electric guitar arpeggios, atmospheric keys, quiet percussion]

[Verse 1 - Female Voice, clear & alluring]
Nighttime Istanbul, windows gleaming gold.
Nighttime Istanbul, neon stories told.
You deceive, then you invite,
Push away, then shine so bright.
Oh yes! Nighttime Istanbul!

[Chorus - Both Voices, powerful & rhythmic]
Nighttime Istanbul! Don't trust those shining eyes!
Nighttime Istanbul! Where truth and falsehood rise!
Your sweet talk, your clever lies...
Like pungent smoke that fills the skies!

[Oriental Cool Interlude: Oud, darbuka, fading strings]
Mmmmm ...
Ooh yeah, ah, ah
(Ooh yeah, ah, ah)

[Verse 2 - Male Voice, deep & resonant]
Nighttime Istanbul, drunk on your embrace.
Nighttime Istanbul, low-grade, gilded grace.
You greet warm, then bid goodbye,
Surprise... and wound beneath the sky.

[Crescendo - Percussion swells, Ney flute soars]

[Chorus - Both Voices, intense & driving]
Nighttime Istanbul! Don't trust those shining eyes!
Nighttime Istanbul! Where truth and falsehood rise!
Your sweet talk, your clever lies...
Like pungent smoke that fills the skies!

[Oriental Cool Interlude: Oud, darbuka, fading strings]

[Verse 3 - Female Voice, wistful; Male joins harmony]
Nighttime Istanbul, time to say farewell.
Nighttime Istanbul, your spell my dreams will tell.
In the dark of sleepless hours...
We'll return to your strange powers.

[Chorus - Both Voices, full energy with ad-libs]
Nighttime Istanbul! Don't trust those shining eyes!
Nighttime Istanbul! Where truth and falsehood rise!
Your sweet talk, your clever lies...
Like pungent smoke that fills the skies! (Yeah!)
[Oriental Cool Interlude: Oud, darbuka, fading strings]

Mmmmm ...
Ooh yeah, ah, ah
(Ooh yeah, ah, ah)
[Drum fill]
(Ooh, lost in the night)