Nick Lowe - Tokyo bay

^E* I'll be a long gone daddy when they ^Efind my note ^EBut just for the record this is what I wrote ^EI'm relocating to a foreign shore ^EYou won't have me to kick around no more You ^Bcan't make me stay ^BI'm leaving today ^BIt's anchors aweigh I'm shipping out to Tokyo ^EBay

^EThere's a solemn little geisha pining for me ^EUnder a parasol out on the quay ^EShe knows I'm coming from beyond the sea ^EAnd she's hoping and a-praying most fervently That to^Bday's the day I come smoking into Tokyo ^EBay

I'll ^Afind a liner, then my plan ^ATo work my ticket as some kind of hand ^AMaybe picking up after the cabaret band Anything to get my toes in the ^Bsands of Tokyo ^EBay

Well in a ^Adim dockside canteen I know ^AWith my collar turned up and my cap down low ^AAll dressed up like a matelot I got my grip in my hand packed ready to ^Bgo

I'll be a ^Elong gone daddy when they find my note ^EBut just for the record this is what I wrote You, you, you ^Bcan't make me stay ^BI'm leaving today ^BSo glad to say ^BI'm heading up the gangway Bound for Tokyo ^EBay ^ETokyo Bay

^EI'll be a long gone daddy ^EBe a long gone daddy ^ELong, long gone daddy ^ELong gone daddy ^ESo long ^EThat's all I wrote ^{E E E E}