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Bangkok, Oriental setting<br /> And the city don't know that the city is getting<br /> The creme de la creme of the chess world in a<br /> Show with everything but Yul BrynnerTime flies doesn't seem a minute<br /> Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it<br /> All change don't you know that when you<br /> Play at this level there's no ordinary venueIt's Iceland or the Philippines or Hastings or<br /> or this place!One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster<br /> The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free<br /> You'll find a god in every golden cloister<br /> And if you're lucky then the god's a she<br /> I can feel an angel sliding up to meOne town's very like another<br /> When your head's down over your pieces, brotherIt's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity<br /> To be looking at the board, not looking at the cityWhaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking townTea, girls, warm, sweet<br /> Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suiteGet Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist<br /> Whose every move's among the purest<br /> I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshineOne night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble<br /> Not much between despair and ecstasy<br /> One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble<br /> Can't be too careful with your company<br /> I can feel the devil walking next to meSiam's gonna be the witness<br /> To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness<br /> This grips me more than would a<br /> Muddy old river or reclining BuddhaAnd thank God I'm only watching the game controlling itI don't see you guys rating<br /> The kind of mate I'm contemplating<br /> I'd let you watch, I would invite you<br /> But the queens we use would not excite youSo you better go back to your bars, your temples, your massage<br /> parloursOne night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster<br /> The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free<br /> You'll find a god in every golden cloister<br /> A little flesh, a little history<br /> I can feel an angel sliding up to meOne night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble<br /> Not much between despair and ecstasy<br /> One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble<br /> Can't be too careful with your company<br /> I can feel the devil walking next to me<br /> <br /> Songwriters<br /> RICE, TIM / ANDERSSON, BENNY GORAN BROR / ULVAEUS, BJOERN K.Published by<br /> Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group Song Discussions is protected by U.S. Patent 9401941. Other patents pending.Lyrics provided by TANCODEhttps://damnlyrics.com/" readonly=""/>