Wake up in a strange land,
one of forty thieves
And I see for the first time
just what you believe
I go down to the market
where I can buy or sell
And listen to the chanting
and all the lies the wise ones tell
And they say.

(Chorus)

East is east,
west is west
Two diff'rent colors on the map
We say break the line,
chew the fat
keep moving out into the gap.

Beggars in the back street,
there for all the world to leave
It's you that's begging for attention
Well it's all the same to me
And I won't ask permission,
not from teachers or from kings
Cos I can see for myself
all the pain that you will bring
When you say.

(Repeat Chorus)

Hey!
(East)...(West)
(East)...(West)
(East)...(West)
(East)...(West)
(East)...(West)
(East)...(West)

(Repeat Chorus)

Can you smell the perfume
of a hundred thousand years
Dare you look into the eyes
that hide a hundred million tears
And there's no need to be so frightened
of all the figures in the night
Cause we share the same emotions
and no one's wrong and no one's right
They say.

(Repeat Chorus x 3)

East is east,
west is west
Two diff'rent colors on the map
We say break the line,
chew the fat
keep moving out into the gap.

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