Music & Lyrics : Benny Anderson - Tim Rice - Bjsrn Ulvaeus. THE AMERICAN:. Bangkok Oriental setting. And the city don't know that the city is getting. The creme de la creme of the chess world in a. Show with everything but Yul Brynner. Time flies -- doesn't seem a minute. Since the Tirolean spa had the chess boys in it. All change -- don't you know that when you. Play at this level there's no ordinary venue. It's Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or --. or this place!. COMPANY:. One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster. The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free. You'll find a god in every golden cloister. And if you're lucky then the god's a she. I can feel an angel sliding up to me. THE AMERICAN:. One town's very like another. When your head's down over your pieces brother. COMPANY:. It's a drag it's a bore it's really such a pity. To be looking at the board not looking at the city. THE AMERICAN:. Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded polluted stinking town --. COMPANY:. Tea girls warm sweet. Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite. THE AMERICAN:. Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist. Whose every move's among the purest. I get my kicks above the waistline sunshine. COMPANY:. One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble. Not much between despair and ecstasy. One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble. Can't be too careful with your company. I can feel the devil walking next to me. THE AMERICAN:. Siam's gonna be the witness. To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness. This grips me more than would a. Muddy old river or reclining Buddha. And thank God I'm only watching the game -- controlling it --. I don't see you guys rating. The kind of mate I'm contemplating. I'd let you watch I would invite you. But the queens we use would not excite you. So you better go back to your bars your temples your massage. parlours --. COMPANY:. One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster. The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free. You'll find a god in every golden cloister. A little flesh a little history. I can feel an angel sliding up to me. One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble. Not much between despair and ecstasy. One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble. Can't be too careful with your company. I can feel the devil walking next to me