Mekong Delta Sunrise Songtext
von Astronomy Class

It was a marriage of convenience, she′d never really been a friend
Disappeared down a back alley and never seen again
In a xanny haze, arak sinking like the Titanic
Beaded sweat on upper lip, vague undefined panic
Ashtray for the roaches in a circle of smokers
Purple words float in speech bubbles for vocals
Her eyes were so hopeful, despised by the po-po
A thousand eyes watch, but pimp spies are all local
Asleep on the moped waiting for the club to empty
Mekong Delta, sunrise city reinventing
Bodyguard smokes by the SUV feeling pensive
The boss's son orders another bottle, real expensive
Plenty to ease the tension, grease the wheels of life
And the wheels of invention, whatever your pension
There′s no deed that's too bad to mention
Just a bunch of creeps with some bad intentions


You complicit, this it?
Don't know what you′re missing
I would′ve thought gold sufficient
Remember you got whatever you want
So check your better gods when we're getting on
Down by the riverfront
You complicit, this it?
Don′t know what you're missing
I would′ve thought shabu sufficient
Remember you got whatever you want
So check your better gods when we're getting on
Down by the riverfront

Y′all live and learn, if you don't then you let the germ burn
And learn and die, bride made up in her permanent smile
Thoughts turn to the child born on day zero
Phnom Penh gets wild, she's looking more like a hero
Checks her make-up in the side mirror, five minutes
Till the john visits
All the way from Hong Kong for the wrong reasons
An engineer they say, here to build bridges
But he lies down with the lotus, the girls say he′s frigid
He′s paid for it, so send out for some Ritalin
And shabu, Cialis and an Angkor to mix it in
She's so thick skinned in her pure silk sand pot
She′s trying to get ahead but stuck in the same spot
Pontoon chorus line fighting over scumbags
Madame in the background with a knife in her bum bag
Steeped in depravity, revelling in misery
These burnt out dead souls all hiding from their histories


You complicit, this it?
Don't know what you′re missing
I would've thought ganja sufficient
Remember you got whatever you want
So check your better gods when we′re getting on
Down by the riverfront
You complicit, this it?
Don't know what you're missing
I would′ve thought gold sufficient
Remember you got whatever you want
So check your better gods when we′re getting on
Down by the riverfront

"It really seems like everything is for sale in Cambodia
And nothing is sacred"

It all started with an extra happy pizza
Then he got lost in seventh heaven and overstayed his visa
Hazy dusk by Lake Beng, chroma wrapped around his head
Assumed dead, could give a fuck what the world said
Did like Kurtz and let madness be his saviour
Same dream each night crawling on a straight razor
Made sure his hammock, girls and ganja all paid for
And a bag full of fits for when it all gets too painful

You complicit, this it?
Don't know what you′re missing
I would've thought gold sufficient
Remember you got whatever you want
So check your better gods when we′re getting on
Down by the riverfront
You complicit, this it?
Don't know what you′re missing
I would've thought ganja sufficient
Remember you got whatever you want
So check your better gods when we're getting on
Down by the riverfront