On The Way To Mandalay

©Kev Gray 2009 All Rights Reserved

 

(She said:)

8 long years I’ll been waiting

8 long years heart and soul

Moths in the wedding veil

Wont put me off a tiny little bit

and I’m the right one

and I’ll get you in the end

 

At the age of single score and trio

He hit the streets of crazy mazy Tokyo

Was a champagne Charlie supernova

In Mogambos singing Barry Manilow

 

Then he met his Hawaiian sweetheart

Over glances in the office cubicle

They fell in love checking year end tax forms

Sending kisses over some dodgy bankers bills

 

And she said:

8 long years I’ll be waiting

8 long years heart and soul

Moths in the wedding veil

Wont put me off a tiny little bit

Cos I’m tough one oh yeah

And I’m a smart one oh yeah

And I’m the right one oh yeah

And I’ll get you in the end

 

He did a roly poly in a jump suit

Then a conga down the Bangla Road

Ran a marathon on only one foot

A gypsy woman read his palm and he was told:

 

(She said)

8 long years she’s been waiting

8 long years heart and soul

Moths in the wedding veil

Didn't put her off a tiny little bit

Cos she’s tough one oh yeah

And she’s sweet one oh yeah

And she’s the right one

Time to go to Mandalay

 

And we sang:

Aloha Aloha Las Vegas

Aloha Aloha London Town

Moths in the wedding veil

Didn't put her off a tiny little bit

Sure gonna be top one - oh yeah

Aint Gonna be no shotgun - oh nooo

Because you picked the right one, my friend

On the way to Mandalay

Yeah you picked the right one, dear friend

On the way to Mandalay

 

 

Dedicated to Brian & Kris Doyle,

 Las Vegas, December 2009