As I Came to America (FKA Tiger Lilly)

We met in Saigon
in the pouring rain
you paid for a night
of my lover's flame

Within these damp paper walls
you said you'd take me home
and as the 'copters took off
I swore I still believed you then

Oh I did come over
but not with you in mind
The Northerners and the China Sea
were paying me back in kind

And in the passing days
of pirates and sharks
the battles for my body
left some permanent marks

Chorus: Didn't you wait for me
as I came to America
Didn't you wait for me
as I came to America
Could I see you come to
your senses past all meaning
Deep beneath the ground...
Deep beneath the ground

In a Java morning
mixing piss and salt air
Our boat fell victim to
an internal affair

But I was washed ashore
by a strong, forgiving tide
and hands that protected
the child I held inside

Chorus

That small life fulfilled me
as my world went on attack
not the largest of bureaucracies
could ever hold me back

And as I stepped of that plane
into this shiny world
I held my little one's hand
scared of what else would unfurl

I know that I caught your eye
In the grocery isle
And if you wife wasn't there
maybe you'd give me a smile

But as you quickly walked away
some vengance did shoot through
seeing that look upon your face
at the child that looks like you

Chorus (2x)