Shanghai Express
Music and Lyrics by Rich La Bonté.
Copyright © 1972, 2021 Rich La Bonté (BMI).
All Rights Reserved.

Shanghai Lily Threw it all away.
For love, doc, threw it all away.
For love, doc, threw it all away.
Shanghai Lily never learned to pray.
For love, doc, better learn to pray.
For love, doc, better plan to pay.

I guess it's better just to
Let it fade away.
I guess it's easier to
Let it pass this way.
I don't know what she's doing,
Where she'll be another day.
But Shanghai Lily Threw it all away.
Shanghai Lily Threw it all away.

Shanghai train, it runs right through my dreams.
Train rides through my dreams.
Train rides through my dreams.
People there ain't quite what they seem.
Ain't quite what they seem.
Ain't quite what they dream.
I guess it's better just to
Let it fade away.
I guess it's easier to
Let it pass this way.
Hollywood. Hollywood.

Marlene, I know you're the
Queen of the silver screen.
Marlene, I know you've got
Something the boys all need.
But you gotta take care of yourself
When times are getting lean.
And Shanghai Lily Threw it all away.
Shanghai Lily Threw it all away.