Singapore (i/ˈsɪŋəpɔər/ SI-ngə-pohr), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south. Singapore is highly urbanised but almost half of the country is covered by greenery. More land is being created for development through land reclamation.
We sail tonight for Singapore
We're all as mad as hatters here
I've fallen for a tawny moor
Took off to the land of Nod
Drank with all the Chinamen
Walked the sewers of Paris
I danced along a colored wind
Dangled from a rope of sand
You must say goodbye to me
We sail tonight for Singapore
Don't fall asleep while you're ashore
Cross your heart and hope to die
When you hear the children cry
Let marrow bone and cleaver choose
While making feet for children shoes
Through the alley
Back from Hell
When you hear that steeple bell
You must say goodbye to me
Wipe him down with gasoline
Till his arms are hard and mean
From now on boys this iron boat's your home
So heave away boys
We sail tonight for Singapore
Take your blankets from the floor
Wash your mouth out by the door
The whole town is made of iron ore
Every witness turns to steam
They all become Italian dreams
Fill your pockets up with earth
Get yourself a dollar's worth
Away boys, away boys, heave away
The captain is a one-armed dwarf
He's throwing dice along the wharf
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King
So take this ring
We sail tonight for Singapore
We're all as mad as hatters here
I've fallen for a tawny moor
Took off to the land of Nod
Drank with all the Chinamen
Walked the sewers of Paris
I danced along a colored wind
Dangled from a rope of sand
At my place and I was on the phone
But it's you that I'll always call my home
In a world where the sun don't always shine
I can see tropicana in your eyes
When you're gone, my loneliness is real
Got your love to remind me how to feel
In my head I can see a long goodbye
You kiss my lips as I try to fix your tie
And I
I'm watching daytime TV
Just wishing you were with me
I'm counting hours and day
Gotta stop believing what the movies say
Dark streets only suffocate me
Now you're off to Singapore
Heartaches - God, it nearly breaks me
Ciao, I'm waiting for your call
Dark streets only suffocate me
Now you're off to Singapore
Heartaches - God, it nearly breaks me
Ciao, I'm waiting for your call
Please means more
I'll see you knocking at the door
Got it right in my place
Cos dreams means five
And I'll be rocking on the floor
Can't you see it in my face?
Please means more
I'll see you knocking at the door
Got it right in my place
Cos dreams means five
And I'll be rocking on the floor
Can't you see it in my face?
And some nights,
When we're sat on the phone
And kind of broken
Never ever thought
I'd let you go again
Thats the way I feel
Your all the love I need
Dark streets only suffocate me
Now you're off to Singapore
Heartaches - God, it nearly breaks me
Ciao, I'm waiting for your call
Dark streets only suffocate me
Now you're off to Singapore
Heartaches - God, it nearly breaks me
Stroke 1 `cos he sprayed a car they say give him the cane
Sovereignity always goes too far and causes too much pain
Stroke 4 live from Singapore they beat him till he`s raw
Stroke 4 live from Singapore don`t do it no more
Stroke 2 `cos his hair`s too long like Jesus nailed to wood
It`s obvious that is wrong and it does no good
Stroke 4 live from Singapore they beat him till he`s raw
Stroke 4 live from Singapore don`t do it no more
Stroke 3 `cos he chewed some gum and left it on the ground
This struck me as really dumb there`s still some brutes around
Stroke 4 live from Singapore they beat him till he`s raw
Stroke 4 live from Singapore don`t do it no more
Think of the other nine hundred ninety nine
I`m sorry it had to happen but there will come a time
For the other nine hundred ninety nine
Stroke 4 live from Singapore they beat him till he`s raw
Stroke 4 live from Singapore don`t do it no more
Stroke 4 live from Singapore they beat him till he`s raw
Stroke 4 live from Singapore don`t do it no more
Stroke 4 live from Singapore they beat him till he`s raw
Stroke 4 live from Singapore don`t do it no more
Stroke 4 live from Singapore they beat him till he`s raw
Stroke 4 live from Singapore don`t do it no more
Stroke 4 live from Singapore they left him with a scar