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Lost in Manila is an original song written, produced and with lyrics by Paul Robert Thomas with music exclusively commercially licensed to Paul from the album Some More Folk
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Lost in Manila lyrics
There’s pollution and revolution in the air
The streets are full of dark despair
But the corrupt government don’t care
Only those with little sense remain
On the streets their faces show the pain
Mary and her Son have already caught the last train
With earthquakes, disasters and crime
It’s only a matter of time
You don’t need a crystal ball to read the signs
You don’t need a crystal ball to read the signs
It’s time to have another last beer
San Miguel, I’m outta here, I’m outta here
Lost in Manila, so lost in Manila
This place is an unnatural born killer
That is Manila, this is Manila
The sailors have been confined to base
Even they don’t dare show their face
While believers sing ‘Oh Jerusalem’ and ‘Amazing Grace’
As flies and mosquitoes buzz their heads
The devil roars he needs to be fed
You can look at some people and think they’re already dead
Babies and children play in the dirt
Their mother’s fixed smile hides their hurt
Of being groomed by swarms of rich old perverts
All feeding off the deprived and the poor
Getting more for their dollars with each score
Treating them like cheap dolls and whores
It’s time to have another last beer
San Miguel, I’m outta here, I’m outta here
Lost in Manila, so lost in Manila
This place sure ain’t no thriller
But it’s Manila, Manila
What I’m doing here I really don’t know
Sometimes I’m high and sometimes I’m low
Sometimes I hide in the dark shadows
There’s something though that keeps me here
What it is is very unclear
I hear it whispering to me in my ear
It’s time to have yet another beer
San Miguel, I’m staying here, I’m staying here
Staying lost in Manila, lost in Manila
This place sure ain’t no thriller
But it’s Manila, it’s Manila
And I’m staying here lost in Manila, lost in Manila
I’m staying here lost in Manila
Paul Robert Thomas PRS No. 497904008 (London)
PRS Tunecode:
Audiosparx Catalogue ID: 1429703 ISRC: US5UL2658059
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