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! 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 ONE TOWN'S VERY LIKE ANOTHER WHEN YOUR HEAD'S DOWN OVER YOUR PIECES, BROTHER 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 WHADDYA MEAN? YA SEEN ONE CROWDED, POLLUTED, STINKING TOWN -- TEA, GIRLS, WARM, SWEET SOME ARE SET UP IN THE SOMERSET MAUGHAM SUITE GET THAI'D! YOU'RE TALKING TO A TOURIST WHOSE EVERY MOVE'S AMONG THE PUREST I GET MY KICKS ABOVE THE WAISTLINE, SUNSHINE 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 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 -- 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.............................................................. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_(play)