MURRAY HEAD ONE NIGHT BANGKOK Lyrics

Bangkok; oriental city �
But the city don�t know what the city has kept;
The crem de la crem of the chess world in a show with everything, but Yul Brynner.
Time flies -
Doesn�t seem a minute since the Tyrolean spa had the chess-boards in it.
All change �
Don�t you know that when you play at this level, it�s no ordinary venue:
It�s Iceland, or the Phillipines, or Hastings, or� or this place!
One night in Bangkok, and the world�s your oyster!
The bars are temples, but the bills 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 slidin� up to me.
One town�s very like another one �
Your head�s down over your pieces, brother.
It�s a drag � it�s a bore to be lookin� at the board, not lookin� at the city.
Whaddaya mean?
You�ve seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town�
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Get tied!
You�re talkin� to a tourist whose every move�s among the purest.
I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine.
One night in Bangkok make 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 walkin� next to me.

Siam�s
Goanna be the witness to the ultimate test of cerebral fitness.
This grips me more than would a muddy old river or reclining Buddah.
Thank God I�m only watching the game � controlling it.
I don�t see you guys waging 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�d 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 bills ain�t free.
You�ll find a god in every golden cloister!
A little fresh, a little history.
I can feel an angel slidin� up to me.
One night in Bangkok make 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 walkin� next to me.