[FREDDIE] Bangkok! Oriental setting But the city don't know what the city is getting The crème de la crème 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! [ENSEMBLE] 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 [ENSEMBLE] 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] What do you mean? You've seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town, you've seen 'em all! [ENSEMBLE] 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 [ENSEMBLE] 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 [Flute Solo] [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 massage parlours... [ENSEMBLE] 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
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