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Land of Smiles (From the East)

from From The East Down To The West by Indus Rush

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This song is about me leaving Thailand for good back in 2008, and moving to Scotland. The song really describes the Emirates flight from BKK to GLA, describing the climb out of Suwaniphum Airport, the first leg of the flight to Dubai (DBX), and then on to Glasgow from there (the hills of Galloway). A bit of humour about the girl in the seat next to me....pure fantasy of course. My son James wrote and played the bridge on Piano, and played the piano for all the song actually.

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I caught my plane just in time
And we took off a into the night,
Down below in the Venice of the East,
The klongs sparkled in the lights,

We crossed the river Kwai and out to Myanmar,
And out to the Andaman,
The flight to Dubai would be 7 hours long,
So you settle down as best you can


The flight was long so I wrote a song,
for the girl in the seat next to me.
She was happy to flirt and flash her thighs
As she messed around with her TV

The food was great, and I ate my steak
With a bottle of Chardonnay,
There was a break in the clouds and when I looked down,
I could see the hills of Galloway


Here we are home again,
It’s been about 20 years,
Seems like nothings changed at all
No, it seems like nothing’s changed...


I left home to find a better place,
And maybe I did for a while,
The sun was warm and it never rained at all,
It was great in the Land of Smiles.

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from From The East Down To The West, track released September 13, 2014
Stephen Whitby (music & lyrics) James Whitby (music)

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Indus Rush Dalbeattie, UK

Stephen Whitby aka Indus Rush, spent years travelling and now tells of stories, relationships and experiences he went through, and puts them into the catchy songs he creates in his Dalbeattie studio in south west Scotland. Steve is a Londoner by birth, and after many years in Thailand, and 3 years in Pakistan Steve's heavily influenced by the East, and this is plainly audible in the music. ... more

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