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Shanghai Noodle Factory

Traffic
Track 2 on Last Exit 

Producer

Dec. 19681 viewer

Shanghai Noodle Factory Lyrics

In a Shanghai Noodle Factr'y
Place where I once used to be
No where doing nothing
People there were made of steel
Tiny cogs in one big wheel
Turning never learning

Had to make a break
And soon I had to wake up feeling stronger, feeling stronger
On my island of dreams, with impossible schemes

In a Shanghai Noodle Factr'y
Place where I once used to be
No where doing nothing
Villagers were plastic men
Packed like roosters in a pen
Crowing, never knowing

Had to make a break
I knew I couldn't fake it any longer
Everything insane
Soon I'd have to wake up feeling stronger, feeling stronger
On my island of dreams, with impossible schemes

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Credits
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Recorded At
Morgan Studios, London
Release Date
December 1968
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