One night in Bangkok (intro) (midi) (sample)

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One night in Bangkok makes the hard man humble,

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not much between despair and ecstasy.

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One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble,

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can't be too careful with your company,

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I can feel the devil walking next to me.

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1. Bangkok, Oriental Setting,

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but the city don't know what the city is getting.

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The creme de la creme of the chess world,

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in a show with everything but Yul Brynner.

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2. Time flies, doesn't seem a minute

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since the Tirolean spa had the chess boards in it.

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All changed, don't you know that when you

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play at this level there's no ordinary venue,

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it's Iceland, or the Philippines, or Hastings, or....or this place!

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One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster,

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the bars are temples, but their pearls ain't free.

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You'll find a god in every golden cloister,

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and if you're lucky, then the god's a she,

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I can feel an angel sliding up to me.

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3. One town's very like another,

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when your head's down over your pieces, brother.

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(It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity,

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to be looking at the board not looking at the city).

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Whattaya mean?! You've seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town.

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(Tea, girls, warm and sweet, sweet,

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some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite).

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4. Get tied, you're talking to a tourist,

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whose every move's among the purest

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I get my kicks ABOVE the waistline, sunshine!

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One night in Bangkok makes the hard man humble,

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not much between despair and ecstasy.

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One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble,

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can't be too careful with your company,

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I can feel the devil walking next to me. + A ~ ~ ~

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5. Siam's gonna be the witness

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to the ultimate test of cerebral fitness.

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This grips me more than would a muddy old river or reclining Buddha,

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but, thank God, I'm only watching the game, controlling it.

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6. I don't see you guys raging, the kind of mate I'm contemplating,

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I'd let you watch, I would invite you,

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but the queens WE use would not excite you.

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So, you better go back to your bars, your temples,

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your "massage parlors"...

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One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster,

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the bars are temples, but their pearls ain't free.

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You'll find a god in every golden cloister,

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a little flesh, a little history,

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I can feel an angel sliding up to me.

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One night in Bangkok makes the hard man humble,

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not much between despair and ecstasy.

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One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble,

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can't be too careful with your company,

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I can feel the devil walking next to me.

(Murray Head, from “Chess”)