Backpacker Blues

[Verse 1]
Five dollar dorm bed, fan on full blast
Siem Reap nights are never meant to last
Pub Street calling like a neon scream
Two dollar drafts and living out the dream

Lost my phone but found some brand new friends
From Berlin, Brisbane, and the loose ends
Of lives we left behind to hit the road
Carrying nothing but a backpack load

[Chorus]
Backpacker blues, I got the backpacker blues
Nothing to lose, nothing to lose
Wake up at noon and chase the Angkor views
I got the backpacker blues

[Verse 2]
Tuk-tuk driver says he knows the way
To a temple that the crowds don't play
We bounce along the dusty jungle track
Red dirt on my shirt and on my pack

Watch the sunrise over Angkor Wat
With a hundred strangers, give it all you've got
Then back to Pub Street, do it all again
Siem Reap's the cure for all of life's mundane

[Chorus]
Backpacker blues, I got the backpacker blues
Nothing to lose, nothing to lose
Wake up at noon and chase the Angkor views
I got the backpacker blues

[Bridge]
My visa's running out, my money's thin
But I keep finding reasons to stay in
One more night, one more temple at dawn
One more reason not to carry on

[Verse 3]
The hostel dog is sleeping on my bed
A tuk-tuk honks outside and wakes the dead
Another day in paradise is here
Another bucket, another round of beer

I'll leave tomorrow, that's what I keep saying
But Siem Reap has its own way of staying
Inside your blood, beneath your sunburnt skin
The backpacker blues, they always win

[Chorus]
Backpacker blues, I got the backpacker blues
Nothing to lose, nothing to lose
Wake up at noon and chase the Angkor views
I got the backpacker blues

[Outro]
I got the backpacker blues... nothing to lose...