"Last Golden Egg" genre: Folk Rock
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	Images and thoughts about post handover Hong Kong, with a little rock n roll.
	MP3.com CD: Waiting for a Chinese Sun... - buy it! CD: Waiting for a Chinese Sun... to Shine   Label: self released in Hong Kong (pm productions) Credits: written, arranged, recorded and performed by Paul Meredith. Drums: Peter Suart. Production help in HK from Simon Hui
	Story Behind the Song I had this riff going in my head for over a decade before I finally decided what to do with it. The handover has now been over five years, this song came out after one year; a lot has changed. Hong Kong was often refered to as a "golden goose" for China, yet now its prospects of retaining preeminence among asian cities has dimmed; many think Shanghai (where I live now) is already overtaking HK... Has the last "golden egg" already been laid? Peter's drumming really gives the song its energy, I think. Hope you enjoy it. Lyrics LAST GOLDEN EGG 1. Golden goose is on the loose in Xianggang Can't make her stay inside her golden cage Well if she don't come back what happens to the story Does the fairy tale get scary, now that we turned the page? So what did ya think about 1997? Could there possibly be anything left to say Well if you're lookin' for a post handover heaven, it ain't here But in this atmosphere there's got to be a ray of sunshine Politics don't worry me, the hand of destiny's yet to be played And nobody's leavin' until they believe the last golden egg's been laid Might be tomorrow... 2. Human rights and democratic freedom Are of some vague concern to people here Well China don't know what's on their minds, they can't read 'em And confrontation makes it hard to make the meaning clear And what about the gold inside the Chinese spirit What about the soul that sings within Well we can't be blind but still, don't need to fear it Got to find a mix that makes everybody win Politics don't worry me, the hand of destiny's yet to be played And nobody's leavin' until they believe the last golden egg's been laid Might be tomorrow... 3. I hope I see you at the next election Please do vote, but please don't vote for me Oh say can you see a political correction We're all world citizens here, that's all I really want to be c) Paul Meredith, 1999

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