Shanghai Lyrics - Ed Harcourt

Let's move away together, 

Go interplanetary 

Maybe in Chinese weather, 

Where it's sanitary 

I'll go out trawler fishing, 

Yeah we'll have tuna steak 

I'm on a special mission, 

For us to have a break 

We'll climb the corporate buildings 

Spray-paint the outside walls 

You bet that they'll be yielding 

When the castle falls 

We'll swim beneath the ocean 

Near the coral reef 

I have a certain notion 

That it will not be brief 

We're going to Shanghai 

To watch the red sky 

We're moving to Shanghai 

Goodbye, goodbye 

We're going to Shanghai 

So don't you cry 

We're moving to Shanghai 

Looks like we might have made it 

Put on your silkworm dress 

You look so beautiful 

And I look such a mess 

Across the city's landscape, 

The sun burns crimson red 

Maybe the moon will wait, 

Before we go to bed 

We're going to Shanghai 

To watch the red sky 

We're moving to Shanghai 

Goodbye, goodbye 

We're going to Shanghai 

So don't you cry 

We're moving to Shanghai 

Maybe, maybe we'll have 

A fresh new start 

I'll learn the martial arts 

We'll have our own rickshaw cart 

We're moving to Shanghai