No Mandalay
Pat Orchard
Well I thought that I knew it all
Wasn’t I the biggest fool?
Ignored the lessons taught
Immune, well, so I thought
I met you
And I was caught
No Mandalay
So should I sing of love?
It’s no gift from the Gods above
(More a fist in a velvet glove
Or a kiss that tastes of blood)
Is this what I've been dreaming of?
No Mandalay
No Mandalay
Oh! The world is a hungry place
Devours the hours
And a pretty face
And time?
Is a patient enemy
Time
Took you away from me
Far from this subway
To the sea