Many years ago in a land far away Lived the son of a wellknown king Nearly a child he was tought how to fight And soon he knew how to fling As a very young boy in the cast of the warriors He was held in respect He trained all day and after a while The wooden block was wrecked The fighters were all living in the night Their kicking legs and their flashing hands are faster than light A dragon on their arms and you knew That they came from Shaolin Were no man could get in The people who tried are but a few In the middle of the night on their own Their only delight was a ten-men's fight They spared not a leg not a bone He'd become a priest searching for the truth But he waited till he was fullgrown And as a middle-aged man he went away And started a life on his own The road was long and the weather was raw He took the impregnable mount And he reached Shaolin as a very strong man Tough he had been living as a hound And the fighters were all living in the night Their kicking legs and their flashing hands are faster than light A dragon on their arms and you knew That they came from Shaolin Were no man could get in The people who tried are but a few In the middle of the night on their own Their only delight was a ten-men's fight They spared not a leg not a bone Solo Eddy Solo both To become one of them you enter the temple On your way for some real hot stuff Snakes and spiders, fire and traps Life out there is rough But if you make it till the end, you lift up your hands On your arms appears a tattoo The secrets of the temple and the dragon of Shaolin It all belongs to you And the fighters are all living in the night Their kicking legs and their flashing hands are faster than light A dragon on their arms and you knew That they came from Shaolin Were no man could get in The people who tried are but a few In the middle of the night on their own Their only delight was a ten-men's fight They spared not a leg not a bone