One Night in Shanghai - Tiger Hu

Standing on a corner in downtown L.A. Waiting for the man to come along She comes up to me and says, "Too bad, too sad You know that he's been dead and gone." L.A. lady, kinda shady She picked him up and took him home. I woke up groggy, my sight was smoggy And I knew that it had been blown. Early in the morning sitting in a hotel Moscow's looking fine through the wine Spaced out, I crashed out When the KGB came on the line. It's a cold one, bein' sent down It's gotta be fifty below. Mama, here's a postcard to let you know I'm in a saltmine and looking for coal. Shanghai'd in Shanghai Stood on in Tuscon Ripped off and kicked right out the bed. Flyin' across the desert from Texas to Tuscon But we're headed for a southern star The captain says it's fine in Havana This dude behind me needs a cigar. He's a big one, he's got a big gun I guess we better go along. Mister, we've got a gig in Arizona Second billing to the Rolling Stones. Shanghai'd in Shanghai Stood on in Tuscon Ripped off and kicked right out the bed. Shanghai'd in Shanghai Laid low in 'Frisco Done in and left behind for dead.

Well I met her down at Jacksons That's a bar at the end of my street Where the lonely-hearted congregate And two fools on a bar stool meet And she wore a mink from 1924 She gave me a smile She said it helped her remember When she was poor And before she had starred, yeah She said in a past life She was the Queen of Egypt Or maybe once a millionairess But this time around It's the kingdom of Hollywood Of which I am the fairest She said maybe you've seen me at the movies And maybe on the screen But right now I'm taken it easy Right now I'm in a dream But I'll take another drink, she said And she lit a cigarette And the pause in our conversation Gave her time to forget Then she looked at me through those masked eyes and said They just don't realise I can't go on forever I can't go on forever And someday I'll be gone And all those fan letters They sure do take their toll And my agent I finally had on the table But I'll take another drink, she said And make it a double this time And a big hand slipped passed twelve And a clock began to chime Oh, I must have my rest Oh, the pressure's great And all the best And I can't go on forever I can't go on forever And someday I'll be gone I bought her another drink And I kissed her on the cheek And she drank it down And she stumbled to her feet Well it was the performance of a lifetime And we stood and gave a hand To the greatest star in Hollywood To the greatest star in all the land Oh, I've got to go, she said My limo waits for me And I watched her through the window As she walked silently down the street And her words keep echoing I can't go on forever I can't go on forever For someday I'll be gone I can't go on forever I can't go on forever And someday I'll be gone