Once there was an empire As its peak of glory and fame Once there was an invasion And things were never the same Once the famous Genghis 'khan And horsemen gallopped past And even now the sheep As caravan cities pass Once the domes of splendor Minarets of turquoise and yellow The mystic gardens of Persia Where people used to go But still the road remains Smelling of the ages Pouring out the sounds And shadows of fate imerges Once and if and only if The tricky hand of fate Myth and fact, create The stories that sing and cry Of the road of silk and spice Once there was an empire As its peak of glory and fame Once there was an invasion And things were never the same Once the famous Genghis 'khan And horsemen gallopped past And even now the sheep As caravan cities pass Once the domes of splendor Minarets of turquoise and yellow The mystic gardens of Persia Where people used to go But still the road remains Smelling of the ages Pouring out the sounds And shadows of fate imerges Once and if and only if The tricky hand of fate Myth and fact, create The stories that sing and cry Of the road of silk and spice Once the domes of splendor Minarets of turquoise and yellow The mystic gardens of Persia Where people used to go But still the road remains Smelling of the ages Pouring out the sounds And shadows of fate imerges Once and if and only if Sometimes too soon Sometimes too late The tricky hand of fate create The story that sing and cry Of the road of silk and spice Silk and spice, silk and spice