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'Unbelievable' - that's what they say when I speak true |
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then they jeer at me like fools may do |
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So deplorable, this narrow-minded ignorance |
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I won't tell them how my story ends |
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Tell me why should I lie |
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as I'm going to die |
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All my memories are true, I swear |
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I remember them, the kingdoms of the rising sun |
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and I still hear the sound of silver chimes |
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Gold and ivory, precious gems and silken robes |
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marble palaces from sunken times |
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[Bridge:] |
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Illusions, all troubles and tears? |
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Had I been dreaming my life for seventeen years? |
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So many wonders I've seen |
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roaming the far eastern lands beyond desert sands |
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My second life had begun |
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in the service of China's great Khan |
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As a respected and far-travelled man |
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I would see my dear homeland again |
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[Bridge:] |
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[Chorus:2x] |