BAMBOO
Nat Simon (m) Buddy Bernier (l)  1949

as rec by Vaughn Monroe & The Moon Maids 1949


Bamboo walls, bamboo ceiling,
And the rain comin' down seems to say
in a voice so appealing,
"Go away, oh don't delay!".

Though there's bamboo all around me,
I vow I'll find a way,
But bamboo has tied and bound me
And I know I'm here to stay!

Why do the tom-toms beat so loudly?
Why do the shadows all seem to crowd me?
Can't stop this pounding , pounding, pounding in my head,
Through the night I toss on my bamboo bed.

Bamboo walls, bamboo ceiling,
Hold me, though love is gone.
In my heart there is no feeling,
But somehow I carry on!

Bamboo walls (bamboo walls), bamboo ceiling (bamboo ceiling),
Bamboo dreams, live in my heart!
Bamboo, bamboo.





(Contributed by Peter Akers - March 2009)