The Road To Mandalay

The Road To Mandalay

Beat me up on the beach




What a lovely holiday


There's nothing funny left to say


This sombre song would drain the sun


But it won't shine until it's sung




No water running in the stream


The saddest place we've ever been




Everything I touched was golden


Everything I loved got broken


On the road to Mandalay


Every mistake I've ever made


Has been rehashed and then replayed


As I got lost along the way




There's nothing left for you to give


The truth is all that you're left with


Twenty paces then at dawn


We will die and be reborn




I like to sleep beneath the trees


Have the universe at one with me


Look down the barrel of a gun


And feel the Moon replace the Sun




Everything we've ever stolen


Has been lost returned or broken


No more dragons left to slay


Every mistake I've ever made


Has been rehashed and then replayed


As I got lost along the way




Save me from drowning in the sea


Beat me up on the beach


What a lovely holiday


There's nothing funny left to say