Legend Of Xanadu
Dave Dee / Dozy / Beaky / Mick / Titch Lyrics

You'll hear my voice
I will always be here, hoping that you can hear my voice.

On the wind cross the sand
My love for you is carried on the wind across this desolate, barren land.

If you should return
If by any chance you return to Xanadu,

To that black, barren land
That desolate land that we once called Xanadu.

That bears the name of Xanadu
The name of the cursed land where we once loved and lost our hearts.

Cursed without hope
Our love was doomed from the start, with no chance of survival.

Was the love that I sought
The love that I hoped to find was forever out of reach, no matter how hard I tried.

Lost from the start
Our love was never meant to be, it was lost from the very beginning.

Was the duel that was fought
The struggle to win your heart was a battle that I could never win.

To win a heart in Xanadu
To try and succeed in winning your heart in the cursed land of Xanadu.

Now no footsteps leave their traces
We no longer have the chance to make new memories together, as we used to do.

Only shadows move in places where we used to go
The places we used to visit together are now only filled with shadows of our past love.

And the buildings open to the sky
The buildings that we once knew so well are now open to the sky.

All echo with the vultures cry as if to show
The eerie sound of vultures crying echoes through the empty buildings, reminding us of the death of our love.

Our love was for a day
Our love was fleeting, like the passing of a single day.

And doomed to pass away
Our love was always going to end, no matter how much we wished it could last forever.

In Xanadu
Our love was in Xanadu, where it was doomed to fade away.

In Xanadu
We once loved in Xanadu, but that love is gone now.

In Xanadu
Our love existed in Xanadu, but now only memories are left behind.

(Spoken) What was it to you that a man lay down his life for your love?
Did you ever realize how much I sacrificed for our love, and was it worth it to you?

Were those clear eyes of yours ever filled with the pain and tears of grief?
Did you ever feel the pain and sorrow of our lost love?

Did you ever give yourself to any one man in this whole wide world?
Did you ever truly love and commit to someone else?

Or did you love me and will you find your way back one day to Xanadu?
Were your feelings for me real, and will you ever come back to the place where our love was born?