The Sphinx lyrics

I wish I could be like the king,

Who said to his people: my friends,

This is now the end;

If we loose this battle, we shall live forever.

The people of the sun will remember this day

And give us immortality,

Long after I've gone, long after the sun.

I want to be like this king,

But I can't stand the pain, my friend,

And I keep looking for all the faces I had,

Before the world began.

I've only known desire,

And my poor soul will burn into eternal fire.

And I can't even cry,

A sphinx can never cry.

I am standing in the sun,

I wish that I could be

A silent sphinx eternally.

I don't want any past,

Only want things which cannot last.

And I can't even cry,

Though God knows how I try.

A sphinx can never cry,

And sphinxes never die.

I'm famous or am I infamous?

It doesn't matter much any more.

Phony words of love or painfully truth,

I've heard it all before.

Appraisal or critics and even politics,

A conversation piece, a woman or a priest,

It's all a point of view.

I am standing in the sun,

I wish that I could be

A silent sphinx eternally.

I don't want any past,

Only want things which cannot last.

And I can't even cry,

The sphinxes never cry.

The sphinxes cannot die,

A sphinx can never cry.

• Artist:Amanda Lear
• Album:Never Trust a Pretty Face - 1979