Thursday, April 5, 2012

Murray Head's One Night In Bangkok


 


One Night In Bangkok
Murray Head
Bangkok
Oriental city
And the city don't know
That the city is getting
The creme de la crème
Of the chess world
In a show
With everything
But Yul Brynner
Time flies
Doesn't seem a minute
Since the Tirolean spa
Had the chess boys in it
All change
Don't you know
That when you play at this level
There's no ordinary venue
It's Iceland
Or the Philippines
Or Hastings
Or
Or this place

One night in Bangkok
And the world's your oyster
The bars are temples
But the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god
In every golden cloister
And if you're lucky
Then the god's a she
I can feel an angel
Sliding up to me

One town's
Very like another
When your head's down over your pieces
Brother

It's a drag
It's a bore
It's really such a pity
To be looking at the board
Not looking at the city

Wait a minute
Ya seen one crowded
Polluted
Stinking town

Tea
Girls
Warm
Sweet
Sweet
Some are set up
In the Somerset Maugham suite

Get Thai'd
You're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's
Among the purest
I get my kicks above the waistline
Sunshine

One night in Bangkok
Makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair
And ecstasy
One night in Bangkok
And the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful
With your company
I can feel the devil
Walking next to me

Siam's
Gonna be the witness
To the ultimate test
Of cerebral fitness
This grips me more than would a
Muddy old river
Or a reclining Buddha
And thank God
I'm only watching the game
Controlling it
I don't see you guys rating
The kind of mate
I'm contemplating
I'd let you watch
I would invite you
But the queens we use
Would not excite you
So you better go back to your bars
Your temples
Your massage parlors

One night in Bangkok
And the world's your oyster
The bars are temples
But the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god
In every golden cloister
A little flesh
A little history
I can feel an angel
Sliding up to me
One night in Bangkok
Makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair
And ecstasy
One night in Bangkok
And the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful
With your company
I can feel the devil
Walking next to me

Lyrics From: [AllTheLyrics]

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4 comments:

  1. He should have stayed there.....

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  2. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Adullamite!!! Come on now, doesn't this song make you want to get up and dance a little jig?

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  3. Why would anyone change their name to "Murray Head" and further, why would anyone listen to this song?

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  4. Thanks for stopping by again, my dear Grace!!!

    Answer #1: I don't know.

    Answer #2: In the immortal words of Tom Hank's character in That Thing You Do, "It's snappy."

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