Philip Casnoff - One Night in Bangkok lyrics

[FREDDIE] Bangkok, Oriental setting And the city don't know what the city is getting The creme de la creme of the chess world in a Show with everything but Yul Brynner Bangkok, just another stop in The chess world circus---masters drop in, Play, checkmate, check out and then you Move on to another venue Like Iceland---or the Philippines---or Hastings---Or--Or this place! [CHORUS] 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 [FREDDIE] One town's very like another When your head's down over your pieces, brother [CHORUS] 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 [FREDDIE] Whaddya mean? You've seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town, you've seen 'em all! [CHORUS] Tea, girls, warm, sweet (warm, sweet) Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham Suite [FREDDIE] Get 'Thai'd'! You're talking to a tourist Whose every move's among the purest I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine [CHORUS] 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 [FREDDIE] Siam's gonna be the witness To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness This grips me more than would a Muddy old river or reclining Buddha 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 Ma**age parlours... [CHORUS] 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 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