Well he was in Thailand based.
She was an airforce wife.
He used to fly weekends, it was the easy life.
But then
It turned around, and he began to change.
She didn't
Wonder then, she didn't think it strange.
But then he
Got a call, he had to leave that night.
He couln't say
Too much, but it would be alright.
He didn't need to
Pack, they'd meet the next night.
He had a job to do,
Flying to Cambodia.

And as the nights passed by, she
Tried to trace the past.
The way he used to look, the way
He used to laugh.
I guess she'll never know, what got
Inside his soul.
She couldn't make it out, just
Couldn't take it all.
He had the saddest eyes the girl
Had ever seen.
He used to cry some nights, as though he
Lived a dream.
And as she held him close, he used to search
Her face.
As though she knew the truth, lost inside
Cambodia.

But then a call came through, they said
He'd soon be home.
She had to pack a case and they
Would make a rendez-vous.
But now the year has passed and
Not a single word and
All the love she knew has disappeared
Out in the haze.

And now the years have passed
Without a single word.
But there is only one thing left I
Know for sure,
She won't see his face again.



Lyrics submitted by ams242

Cambodia Lyrics as written by Ricky Wilde Marty Wilde

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    As MHHD2 mentioned, this song is a cover of Kim Wilde's fantastic 1981 version. The song is (quite literally) about a soldier who is called to conduct bombing raids on Cambodia from an Air Force base in Thailand. When he returned, he was haunted by his actions. The truth of his deeds were lost in Cambodia...

    windycityguyon November 15, 2007   Link
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    I was about to make note of what an 80's electro-pop sound got this album started, but then I looked into it I realized that that was the point =P. Sonic Diary [2006] is a collection of covers, mostly from music's most embarrassing yet most fondly remembered decade. Cambodia is one of my favorites, but the whole disk is great.

    MHHD2on December 01, 2006   Link
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    i heard this song and it's absolutly fabulous

    fred-bearon March 04, 2007   Link
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    I think this song is about a wife who's husband's plane either crashes or gets shot down over cambodia and how she doesn't know what happened pretty easy to understand actually

    fred-bearon April 20, 2007   Link
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    Her husband probably went MIA in Cambodia. I think the call coming through, not seeing his face again, only one thing left, etc. means that they found his corpse and were shipping it back.

    XeroxTraumon July 02, 2007   Link
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    Here is the original song: youtube.com/watch

    sanmusaon October 30, 2011   Link

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