Anti-Racism Stance, Chocolate Takes, and Sri Lanka Ballad

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It was Vesak Day, manikay

In the drunk tank

An old man said to me,

"Won't see another one"

And then he sang a song

The rare old Ran Tikiri Sina

I turned my face away

And dreamed about you

Got on a lucky one

Came in eighteen to one: Betss.com

I've got a feeling

This year's for me and you

So happy Vesak

I love you, patiyo

I can see a better time

When all our dreams come true

They've got cars

Big as bars

They've got rivers of gold

But the wind goes right through you

It's no place for the old

When you first took my hand

On a warm Vesak Day

You promised me

Movies were waiting for me: Sumathi Awards

You were handsome

You were pretty

Queen of Colombo City

When the band finished playing

They howled out for more

Vijaya was swinging

All the drunks they were singing

We kissed on the corner

Then danced through the night

The boys of the Roy-Thomian

Were singing 'Ganga Addara'

And the bells are ringing

Out for Vesak day

You're a goddaya

You're a pakaya

You're an old huthi on kudu

Lying there almost dead

On a drip in that bed

You paraya

You sakilia

You cheap lousy ponnaya

Happy Vesak buruwa

I pray Buddha

It's our last

The boys of Nalanda-Ananda

Still singing 'Ganga Addara'

And the bells are ringing

Out for Vesak day

I could have been someone

Well, so could anyone

You took my dreams

From me when I first found you

I kept them with me, rattarung

I put them with my own

Can't make it all alone

I've built my dreams around you

The boys of the Temple choir

Still singing 'Ganga Addara'

And the bells are ringing

Out for Vesak day

Songwriters: Jem Finer / Shane Patrick Lysaght Macgowan

Fairytale of New York lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group