Tonart: A minor
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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With their cardboard hands by their sides,
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Here`s a naked man and lady
And they`re yours to cut out
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and keep
So you can dress them up
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maybe
They don`t know just who they are,
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or who they`re supposed to be
You can make them happy or sad
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Or assume their identity
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Verse 2
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So here they are in the
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departure lounge
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It`s the "Gateway to the East"
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She is just another mail- order bride
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She doesn't know he`s a
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kinky beast
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So he gives her a picture of
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Maradona and child
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She wants to "roll and rock"
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As he spills his beer over her,
bumps and he
Grinds, as he repeats
"Bangkok"
[Chorus:] There must be something that
Verse 3
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It starts with a slap and ends up with a kiss
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Begins with you bawling
and it ends up in tears
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Oh my little one, take that chewing gum
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Verse 4
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She might as well be in the jungle
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She might as well be on
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the moon
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He`s away on a business trip, in Dusseldorf,
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but she`s becoming immune
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To the lack of glamor and danger
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in a West- German city today
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The nearest she comes to the
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"Dynasty" he promised her
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Though he only taught her three little words,
Doesn't matter if they`re
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He can only control what they look like
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He can never possess what
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they mean
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Now he wants to whisper in her ear
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All the shrinking nothingness
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But something always comes
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I wonder if you can guess
Outro 1
[Chorus]
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