Oh Mr. Tut, what good's it do?
They love your chair, but nobody cares for you
Egyptian nights were never colder
And all your friends are thousands of years older
Whatever happened to that gang down by the Sphinx?
Seems they're only forty winks away
Those girls from Cairo with their belly button jewels
Made you play the fool yesterday, yesterday
And now you keep in shape with Elmer's glue
'Cause you're all wrapped up in them Dead Egyptian Blues
Oh Mr. Tut, they love the mask
Do they love it, honey? Sweetheart, don't ask
So where's those baby browns and that pearly smile?
That smile that drove 'em wild on the early Nile
You make one terrific hieroglyphic don't you, bro
Centuries of standing sideways turned you to a pro
Those girls from Cairo that filled your heart with lust
They've all turned to dust yesterday, yesterday
And those bandages don't do that much for you
'Cause you're all wrapped up in them Dead Egyptian Blues
Oh Mr. Tut, they dig the tomb, yeah
All that gold leaf brightens up the room
But what's the dif, when you're stiff, what riff they're playing
When your ears have spent five thousand years decaying?
What does it matter what possession you may boast?
When you're just a ghost, it's only jive, Clive
Your sarcophagus is glowing, but your esophagus is showing
Who cares how rich you are love when you look like Boris Karloff?
Call Nautilus, they might even refund your dues
'Cause you're all wrapped up in them Dead Egyptian Blues
Oh Mr. Tut, just wait and see
Another few thousand years they're gonna dig up me
And I'll have all my little treasures near at hand
A CD of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
A little dried up Maui-Wowie crumbled in a bong
A letter from my honey saying, "Love you kid, so long."
Some peanut butter sandwiches that have long returned to sand
Not much gold or silver, but Tut, I think you'll understand
That in my way I'll be just like you
All wrapped up in them Dead Egyptian Blues
All wrapped, all wrapped up,
All wrapped up in them Dead Egyptian Blues
All wrapped up in them Dead Egyptian Blues