Bangkok; oriental city
But the city dont 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 -
Doesnt seem a minute since the Tyrolean spa had the chess-boards in it.
All change
Dont you know that when you play at this level, its no ordinary venue:
Its Iceland, or the Phillipines, or Hastings, or or this place!
One night in Bangkok, and the worlds your oyster!
The bars are temples, but the bills aint free.
Youll find a god in every golden cloister!
And, if youre lucky, then the gods a she.
I can feel an angel slidin up to me.
One towns very like another one
Your heads down over your pieces, brother.
Its a drag its a bore to be lookin at the board, not lookin at the city.
Whaddaya mean
Youve seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town
Get tied!
Youre talkin to a tourist whose every moves 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!
Cant be too careful with your company.
I can feel the devil walkin next to me.
Siams
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 Im only watching the game controlling it.
I dont see you guys waging the kind of mate Im contemplating.
Id let you watch - I would invite you,
But the queens we use would not excite you.
So youd better go back to your bars, your temples
Your massage parlors
One night in Bangkok, and the worlds your oyster!
The bars are temples, but the bills aint free.
Youll 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!
Cant be too careful with your company.
I can feel the devil walkin next to me.