Songs from BLUE WILLOW HOUSE
Music by Kenneth Lyen
Run Run Run
Who want to live like der ricksha puller
work all day like a bloody fool ah
run like der rat dat is stuck in trap
an still got to run run run
Run run run for der wheels don't stop
run run run till der day you drop
how can live in dis kind of way
to run an run all day
Run run run, der back can break
run run run, der leg can't take
sun still burn but der wheels must turn
you just must run an run.
Run gotta run like a mad (mad) dog
why we are born wi der bad luck
why we are born to be ricksha coolie
still gotta run and run
(Various voices solo)
How can a poor man save his money --
spend too much on der girlie honey --
opium vice – an throw der dice --
(All) Dat's how der money run!
Thrown Away
Look at me I used to be
the highest paid of any grade
of working girls in Singapore
a courtesan for any man
who'd pay my fee to lie with me
you should have seen them line up at my door!
But all too fast the years have passed
an now my room's an empty tomb
for no one wants to take an aging whore!
Here's how it is when you’re growing old
with no cash to save and no love to hold
no one cares that I once was young
nobody bothers what I've become
like flowers that fade as their freshness is lost
at the end of the day they are thrown in the dust
look at the way that my life has been
what was it for, what does it mean
(Solo) Now I old and I work too long
what will I do when I no more strong
soon one day dis heart can bust
den my ricksha stop at last
(Various voices, solo)
Pull der car for der whole dam day --
work like hell for der dam poor pay --
six sen one mile damn cheap buy, yi,
(All) six sen damn cheap buy!
Run run run for der wheels don't stop
Run run run till der day you drop
(solo) life no hope for the ricksha coolie,
run till der day you die, yi.
(All) run till der day you die!
Run gotta run like a mad (mad) dog
why we are born wi der bad luck
why we are born to be ricksha coolie
still gotta run and run.
I was bought -- and sold for pay--
used up -- and worn out -- and thrown away!
Now I wait and curse my fate,
no one will share my dead despair
or hear my cry
pain is all that lies ahead
and abuse -- until I'm dead!
Until I die!
I was bought -- and sold for pay--
used up -- and worn out -- and thrown away!