Istanbul (Not Constantinople) Lyrics

(Jimmy Kennedy/Nat Simon)

Istanbul, Constantinople!
Nine lives left so don't court disaster

Nine lives left and time is our master

Though we're walking slow our hearts beating faster

Make our way to Istanbul

Now the crescent moon and the stars that that reach beyond

Whisper to us secrets I can only find in

Istanbul
Long time gone 'nuff roads we a travel

Let me concentrate these puzzles unravel

Not feh dance with death but look to the future

For we reach the gates of Istanbul

Now the crescent moon and the stars that that reach beyond
Whisper to us secrets I can only find in

Istanbul

Darling take my hand

And try to understand

Many have failed to make it

To pass on through the gates of

Istanbul