Key: F minor
Verse 1
My name is Alex?, and I run a small bar in the Zamalek district of Cairo. I work long hours, keep the place tidy, keep a good order, keep a good reputation with the police. Been here 6 years,
Verse 2
Tonight, well, it's a pretty nor mal night. We've got the expats, we've got local businessmen,
Verse 3
And it's quiet except for this couple of German cotton buyers, who both turn out to come from Munich, and get into a heated row about the worth of marriage,
Verse 5
and head off together through the back door.
Verse 6
and I never knew there WAS a back door.
Verse 7
there it is. And I'm not even sure where it's gonna come out.
So I try it. Turn the handle,
and step out into...
Munich.
Verse 8
surrounded by crowds of people going shopping, going drinking.
Verse 10
and I'm wondering if too much experimentation in my past is coming back to haunt me.
These are real living breathing people.
Verse 11
door's still there.
I go back inside,
and yes it's the same bar.
It's the same bar but as I look to my left as I walk through,
there's another door, just like this one.
Verse 12
door's looking back.
And if the door could smile, this one would have a nasty spiny- toothed sarcastic smile,
from its beaten- up laminated face.
Verse 14
This is the Shibuya district of Tokyo.
I remember it well.
Taught English here once.
The arab? neon signs became European
neon signs and now Japanese signs.
Same neon, different spirit.
Now two Japanese girls
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