Robbie Robertson - Shanghai Blues Lyrics
Let's go out for a ride to the old Sin City
When the king of the underworld
Ruled without any pity
He wore a silk gown, dried monkey heads on the back
A face carved outta stone and a heart painted black
If anyone ever crossed him, his revenge would be vicious
He got blood on his hands
He got blood on his shoes
Cuts his enemies down
With the Shanghai Blues
A Chinese godfather, an offer you can't refuse
Or you might disappear with the Shanghai Blues
When he joined the Green Gang
Took over that crime dynasty
Had all the right stuff
He kept many concubines
And he had many wives
Hooked up with Chiang Kai-shek
That was how he survived
He ran the opium trade with gambling and prostitution
Then escaped to Hong Kong before Mao's revolution
He got blood on his hands
He got blood on his shoes
Cuts his enemies down
With the Shanghai Blues
The Chinese godfather, an offer you can't refuse
Or you might disappear with the Shanghai Blues
Player
When someone betrayed him
He would send them a coffin
Or maybe a knife in the back
Which happened quite often
He got blood on his hands
He got blood on his shoes
Cuts his enemies down
With the Shanghai Blues
A Chinese Godfather, an offer you can't refuse
Or you might disappear with the Shanghai Blues
Shanghai Blues
The Shanghai Blues, yeah
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Robbie Robertson Shanghai Blues Comments
Robbie had sung about Mob King Du Yat -sun of Chin Gang and Chiang Kai-sheik before 1949..
Just gorgeous!
luxury,
Wow!
Its not often I' m surprised by new songs from artists I follow since long!
Six Nations Reserve probably owns a kind of eternal creativity fountain, where its legendary native, Robbie Robertson
has certainly dived and drunk several times. Born as a landmark of Rock & Roll, SINEMATIC album brings a whole new scenario of mystic and
gorgeous sonority paths, with colourful timbres curves, impressive rhythm sessions ground, epical voices atmosphere and enigmatic melody
flowers, that only THE BAND 's former guitarrist and songwriter can lead us through, driving his sonic caravan with a dream team onboard. It is
worth any second of each eight long years waiting since his last album.