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Wake up in a strange land, one of forty thieves |
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And I see for the first time just what you believe |
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I go down to the market where I can buy or sell |
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And listen to the chanting and all the lies the wise ones tell |
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They say |
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East is east, west is west |
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Two diff'rent colors on the map |
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We say break the line, chew the fat |
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a keep moving out into the gap |
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Beggars in the back street, there for all the world to leave |
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It's you that's begging for attention |
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Well it's all the same to me |
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And I won't ask permission, not from teachers or from kings |
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Cause I can see for myself all the pain that you will bring |
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They say |
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East is east, west is west |
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Two diff'rent rhythms to the rap |
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We say break the line, chew the fat |
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a keep moving out into the gap |
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They say |
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East is east, west is west |
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Two diff'rent colors on the map |
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We say break the line, chew the fat |
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a keep moving out into the gap |
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They say |
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East is east, west is west |
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Two diff'rent colors on the map |
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We say break the line, chew the fat |
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a keep moving out into the gap |
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Can you smell the perfume of a hundred thousand years? |
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Dare you look into the eyes that hide a hundred million tears? |
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But there's no need to be so frightened of all the figures in the night |
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Cause we share the same emotions and no one's wrong and no one's right |
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Cause they say |
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East is east, west is west |
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Two diff'rent colors on the map |
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We say break the line, chew the fat |
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a keep moving out into the gap |
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They say |
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East is east, west is west |
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Two diff'rent colors on the map |
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We say break the line, chew the fat |
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a keep moving out into the gap |
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They say |
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East is east, west is west |
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Two diff'rent rhythms to the rap |
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We say break the line, chew the fat |
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a keep moving out into the gap |