Once upon a time A powerful king beheaded his queen Her unfaithful deeds dishonoured him And in grief he decides that all women are the same He married a virgin every night Only to execute her in the next morning light Young Scheherazade She has taken the pride to be the next bride She told the king a fairy tale But she didn't complete and the night passes by The king was curious - bout the story end Instead to kill her - he wanted to see her again Tell the fairy tale - forty thieves in the dungeon Tell the fairy tale - Sinbad flew on the roc Tell the fairy tale - bout the jinn in the lantern Tell the fairy tale - a thousand nights until dawn The next night as soon She finished the tale and began a new one She didn't come to an end at all And the king wants to see her again in his hall So it went on for a thousand nights Unto the king reprieved her Scheherazade had to tell for dear life For a thousand and one night