Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, CambodiaCity of Temples
'Twas a twelfth
century creation,
Khmer capital station,
when the kingdom
called Kambuja
was the greatest nation
in Southeast Asia,
from lower Laos
down to Malaysia.
Southern 'Nam
and into Burma
with some of Siam
part of their terra firma,
but...
'Twas a twelfth
century creation,
Khmer capital station,
when the kingdom
called Kambuja
was the greatest nation
in Southeast Asia,
from lower Laos
down to Malaysia.
Southern 'Nam
and into Burma
with some of Siam
part of their terra firma,
but...
doomed to fall,
destined to rise
two more times,
first to the Chams,
then to Siam,
no surprise.
Change the name,
the shame is the same,
the game is repeated.
Siem Reap means
Siam Defeated.
destined to rise
two more times,
first to the Chams,
then to Siam,
no surprise.
Change the name,
the shame is the same,
the game is repeated.
Siem Reap means
Siam Defeated.
The Tuk-tuk
Yesterday we seemed to agree
on a fifteen foreign dollar fee,
to drive me to the hive
and help me handle the honey,
but now your buzz has got a sting
because you sing for a twenty.
Yesterday we seemed to agree
on a fifteen foreign dollar fee,
to drive me to the hive
and help me handle the honey,
but now your buzz has got a sting
because you sing for a twenty.
Tuk-tuk driver's prey,
I'm caught.
Deliver this giver to Angkor Wat.
A ten minute trip
in his souped-up moto
and I'm posing for a photo
in the parking lot.
The pic is for the pass.
The pass is for the proof.
The proof is in the cash.
The cash holds up the roof.
The pass is for the proof.
The proof is in the cash.
The cash holds up the roof.
Tuk-tuk tour guide: "Take your time."
Tuk-tuk's taken: "Your tour is a crime."
So I stand up on my own and I fall in line
with the gazing herd and the Khmer design.
Tuk-tuk's taken: "Your tour is a crime."
So I stand up on my own and I fall in line
with the gazing herd and the Khmer design.
Tick-tock, teardrop, the scene is tragic.
Two million tickets sold, but they don't include the magic.
So this ship sets sail on its faded tour,
with the jaded Jew and his hated whore.
Two million tickets sold, but they don't include the magic.
So this ship sets sail on its faded tour,
with the jaded Jew and his hated whore.
There's another taunting temple that I'm set to sack,
but my appetite has got its army on the attack.
I'm a prisoner of peace so I go where I'm told.
but my appetite has got its army on the attack.
I'm a prisoner of peace so I go where I'm told.
He's collecting his commission for the story he sold.
The restaurant I'm taken to belongs to his friend
and I sit here unsuspecting as the sellers descend.
The restaurant I'm taken to belongs to his friend
and I sit here unsuspecting as the sellers descend.
The Trinket Hawkers
Stone-zone capitalist
kids cutting class,
trade in their tomorrow
for today's quick cash.
Searching for a sucker
in the tourist trash,
to sell a little something
from the sorry stash.
Trip your trick trap,
but I'm traveling fast.
Make tracks to the back
finally free at...
Stone-zone capitalist
kids cutting class,
trade in their tomorrow
for today's quick cash.
Searching for a sucker
in the tourist trash,
to sell a little something
from the sorry stash.
Trip your trick trap,
but I'm traveling fast.
Make tracks to the back
finally free at...
Last stop, Ta Prohm, universally known
as the temple with the jungle growing out of its stone.
Take a picture of the postcard and set it aflame
A thousand words for every photo, but every word's the same.
