February 10, 2007
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One week in bangkok…
And off I go to thailand…thanks for the well wishes all!
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 BrynnerTime 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 venueIt’s Iceland — or the Philippines — or Hastings — or –
or this place![COMPANY]
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[THE AMERICAN]
One town’s very like another
When your head’s down over your pieces, brother[COMPANY]
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[THE AMERICAN]
Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town –[COMPANY]
Tea, girls, warm, sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite[THE AMERICAN]
Get Thai’d! You’re talking to a tourist
Whose every move’s among the purest
I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine[COMPANY]
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[THE AMERICAN]
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 BuddhaAnd 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 youSo you better go back to your bars, your temples, your massage
parlours –[COMPANY]
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 meOne 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 meAnd because i shant be around for valentine’s day,
-J
Comments (3)
Where did you get that tune? Is that from a musical? Or has all the crab I ate affected my brain? Hokkaido was AWESOME!! The food was DELICIOUS!! The sculptures were cool too.
haha! aww, poor ash…
Have a safe trip!!!
So unfair. How do you manage to squeeze in all this travel? Is this Spring Break? Take lots of pictures, and spare a thought every now and then for your poor, wretched friend stuck in Oklahoma.