(Gold/Gouldman/Stephen Bishop)
There's a paper dragon, above makeshift sheds
Fireworks and smoke in sky blood red
The whistles and bells gonna fill up a young boy's head
All Kansas City born and bred
From a parasol, pretty china doll in the dimsung room
His soul stands still, her eyes are diamond filled
Call her Shanghai Moon
He wants to touch her, he wants to speak
He wants to move but his legs are weak
She smiles so sweetly, takes his quivering hand
Whispering words he don't understand
His head starts to swoon
But he can't come in from this jade lagoon
Soon the bed starts to sway
Like the junk out in the bay
Under Shanghai moon
He says I love you, come away with me
I'll takes places you've never seen
She says I almost be 16
Call me Shanghai Moon
Suddenly he's a stranger in a foreign land
Way over his head like an old gap band
She takes his money, he drinks her scotch
He falls asleep as she takes his watch
She is living best she can, keeps her rice behind a fan
Call her Shanghai Moon
She's a nightmare, she's a dream
She's the best he's ever seen
Shanghai Moon
He says I love you, come away with me
I'll take you places you've never seen
She says I almost be 16 soon
Call me Shangai
Shanghai Moon, Shanghai Moon
Shanghai Moon, Shanghai Moon
Shanghai, Shanghai
There's a paper dragon, above makeshift sheds
Fireworks and smoke in sky blood red
The whistles and bells gonna fill up a young boy's head
All Kansas City born and bred
From a parasol, pretty china doll in the dimsung room
His soul stands still, her eyes are diamond filled
Call her Shanghai Moon
He wants to touch her, he wants to speak
He wants to move but his legs are weak
She smiles so sweetly, takes his quivering hand
Whispering words he don't understand
His head starts to swoon
But he can't come in from this jade lagoon
Soon the bed starts to sway
Like the junk out in the bay
Under Shanghai moon
He says I love you, come away with me
I'll takes places you've never seen
She says I almost be 16
Call me Shanghai Moon
Suddenly he's a stranger in a foreign land
Way over his head like an old gap band
She takes his money, he drinks her scotch
He falls asleep as she takes his watch
She is living best she can, keeps her rice behind a fan
Call her Shanghai Moon
She's a nightmare, she's a dream
She's the best he's ever seen
Shanghai Moon
He says I love you, come away with me
I'll take you places you've never seen
She says I almost be 16 soon
Call me Shangai
Shanghai Moon, Shanghai Moon
Shanghai Moon, Shanghai Moon
Shanghai, Shanghai