"Fairytale Of Sri Lanka"
(feat. Kirsty MacColl)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8
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