By the River of Phnom Pehn by SleepySorrows

Written, sung & destroyed by Richie. An original song written here in Cambodia, a tribute & a love song for Cambodia's first city, a city which has seen so much pain yet still mesmerizes more which each visit...with some added background noise from the guys jamming next door!

By the River of Phnom Pehn

You ask me to stay then you turn & face the other way

What can you say when your dreams fade away?

I sit by the river, I sit by the trees watching the world pass by

I know this old city could do with a clean and the Bars hold many alibis

At a riverside stop near a light-shining Wat, a broken down guesthouse is all that I’ve got

And a suitcase, a bed, and a troublesome head

A pocket of dreams where once cash was instead

Phnom Pehn, you're inside my head

And I know this old city though don't look too pretty as the paint peels the years from her walls

But if I have the choice then I'll stay and rejoice in the greatest city of them all

In your streets, your wandering streets, I wondered why you needed me

But on closer reflection, some heart-felt detection, I know it’s you I need to be free

In your streets, your wandering streets, I wondered why you needed me

But on closer reflection, some heart-felt detection, I know it’s you I need to be free

Phnom Pehn, you’re part of me

Phnom Pehn, you’re part of me

You ask me to stay then you turn & face the other way