Phnom Penh's anthem to love and living in the city performed here by Joshua Chiang and Scott Bywater on vocals and guitars, and me on cajon. The song, sung at the Alley Cat cafe's Sundowner sessions last Sunday (July 6), was a "surprise" masterminded by Chiang as a farewell song for Chino Nogales, who leaves today for Azerbaijan, after living in the city for more than 5 years. Chino is frontman of the city's well-loved latino rock band Bacano.  

Written by Jerby Santo, this  song was popularized by Jaworski 7, a mostly all-Filipino band formed in Phnom Penh in 2012. They disbanded as well in 2014 when Santo moved back to the Philippines.    

Phnom Penh is Missing You (cover)

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English Vocals:
Baby caught a train, covered in snow
Whistle went at dawn and away she go
Sure as the train wheels roll on the track
I know my baby ain't gonna come back

Azor, the rarest one
Made from fire of the sun
When fire melts the ice
Azor, again will rise

Khmer Vocals:
The river flows but never comes back 
Like you, it goes but never comes back
All day and night, it keeps going and never stops
I am waiting for you to come back to me

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