Words and music by Richard Homer
4/4, 95 bpm
Intro C G F C, G F C, G F C G C twice
C G F C
I walk with you, hearing the / kampung / chickens / crow,
F G CG
no arm, now, / around each other // here;
C G F C
the surf slips in and out like a / cockroach / on the / go,
F G CGC
the sun is going out, / night is coming / near.
GFC GFC GFCGC
ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh, / ooh
There, across the way, the // restaurant / where
we had a ramble of a / high noon, high // tea,
in quarantine from the / hot, / humid / air,
you now going away in / quarantine from / me.
I watch the sea breeze / attacking / your / hair,
you bend, pick up a / starfish, peach and / pink,
I breathe in the bracing late // afternoon / air,
knowing that we have / come to the / brink.
G F C
High tea in Paka, with you one / High Noon / afternoon,
G F C
listening to the surf / playing a foaming / tune,
G F C
watching the unceasing sea birds / circle and / climb,
G F C
I’ll think of that day for a / long, long / time,
F G C
but I know you won’t be / thinking of / me.FGC
When you told me about your // other / man,
my heart and my / memory // ache
for the time we grew up together / in // Cwmbrân,
but Paka is our / point where we / break.
You get the Kuala Lumpur coach, / kiss / me / goodbye,
I hear the breeze / hug a crying // tree;
tomorrow when the sun is / hot / and / high,
I know you will be / gone for good from / me.
CGC
I’ll walk on the beach when the / sun has / gone,
FGC
thinking of the / time I spent with / you,
CGC
the night when the music and the / loving / came / on,
FGC
now the South / China Sea / tears will come on / cue.
CGC
The years ago, when we used to / walk to the / park,
FGC
to watch / Pontypool and / Cross Keys / play,
CGC
listening to the song of the / Gwent evening / lark,
FGC
or wandering through the / bookshops in / Hay.
I think of the plight of those / tough / lonely / men,
Gary Cooper, Charlton / Heston, John / Wayne,
how they squared up to what was / thrown / at / them,
then I’ll think of you my / love once // again.
G F C
High tea in Paka, with you one / High Noon / afternoon,
G F C
listening to the surf / playing a foaming / tune,
G F C
watching the unceasing sea birds / circle and / climb,
G F C
I’ll think of that day for a / long, long / time,
F G C
but I know you won’t be / thinking of / me
F G C
but I know you won’t be / thinking of / me
F G C
no, I know you won’t be / thinking of / me
