Story Behind The Song
Two seperate ideas for this one. Initially, the riff came from the very phone tone you hear at the start of the tune. The lyric and theme come from the place my head tends to be at approx 03.00 when I need to get up at 06.00!
Song Description
Alienation, lack of sleep makes you do strange things and go to the oddest places at the weirdest times. There you meet certain people who ......get you. Know what I mean?
| Song Length |
2:21 |
Genre |
Rock - General |
| Tempo |
Very Fast (171 And Up) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Restless |
Subject |
Sanity/Insanity, Frustration |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
Chinatown
I go to sleep, but something's bugging me
So I can't sleep, my mind's troubling me
Put on my clothes,
And go downtown,
Down to Chinatown
Don't need wireless, don't need no mobile phone
Nobody gets my need to be alone
Time to get lost, sure won't be found
When I'm in Chinatown
What has gone wrong with my tired mind?
Don't get me wrong, babe
But nothing ever get's me down
When I'm down in Chinatown
So I don't sleep, but it doesn't bother me
Ain't tasted sleep, seems like an eternity
Understanding, thin on the ground
And I'm in Chinatown