04 – Murray Head – One Night In Bangkok
Time when lot of good things happend, was made, created and most importantly born. 1980s enjoy. – “One Night in Bangkok” is a song by singer Murray Head. The original version was one of the main tracks in the concept album for the musical Chess, and its music was composed by former ABBA members Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, with lyrics written by Tim Rice. The song was released by Byte Records. Lyrics: 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 Bangkok, Oriental Setting But 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 Time flies, doesn’t seem a minute since the Tirolean spa had the chess boards 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 their 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) Whattaya mean?! You’ve seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town Tea, girls, warm …
