One Night in Bangkok

ONE NIGHT IN BANGKOK
Murray Head

Bangkok, oriental setting
And the city don't know that the city is getting
The creme de la creme 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)
What d'ya mean
You seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town
(Tea, girls, warm and 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 reclining Buddha
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

Posted By: promethian1 on December 3rd 2021 at 21:04:12

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mentioned the chess world championship below (Other Sports) - jampersands, Dec 3, 20:22:32
- Used to play chess for England U16 when at school (n/m) (Other Sports) - fareastcanary, Dec 4, 16:47:26
- I would shit him (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jumbo1, Dec 3, 21:21:59
- Since learning chess last year i absolutely love the game. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Biggles, Dec 3, 21:12:54
- i recall reading the novel queens gambit back in the eighties (Other Sports) - Tombs, Dec 3, 20:35:14
  - Bangkok...international city.... (n/m) (Other Sports) - promethian1, Dec 3, 21:02:06
    - One Night in Bangkok (Other Sports) - promethian1, Dec 3, 21:04:12
      - "And if you're lucky then the God's a she" (Other Sports) - usacanary, Dec 3, 22:25:42
      - i'm still smiling at hows yer parts prom 👍 (Other Sports) - Tombs, Dec 3, 21:13:54
        
        Just for you Tombs.. (Other Sports) - promethian1, Dec 3, 21:21:12
        
        ace (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Dec 3, 21:24:33
- It was brillers. (Other Sports) - Under soil heating, Dec 3, 20:28:31
  - 👍👍👍👍👍👍 (n/m) (Other Sports) - jampersands, Dec 3, 20:29:33
- Whereas Jim Diamond - no (n/m) (Other Sports) - jampersands, Dec 3, 20:27:14
  - Oh! This has got a bit muddled but I think you get a ⭐️ (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Dec 3, 20:33:45
    - Cor. Amazing what pleasure you get from a gold star. (n/m) (Other Sports) - jampersands, Dec 3, 20:39:22
      - We all thrive on rewards. Maybe we should do a Best Work Assembly on Fridays (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Dec 3, 20:46:44
- i have a dream by abba? (n/m) (Other Sports) - Tombs, Dec 3, 20:26:58

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