Huang Chung

(jack hues / nick de spig)

China, china, on the sea shore
China, china, on the dance floor
China, china, i must have seen your face before

I've been to cairo and i've been to khartoum
I've seen them places from my rented room
I've been to paris and i've been to marseille
But that was nothing till i got to cathay

I've been to new york and i've been to l.a.
I've been to delhi and i've been to bombay
I've been to venice and i've been to rome
But now it's peking that i think of as home

China, china, on the sea shore
China, china, on the dance floor
China, china, there's no finer place on earth

China, china, i must have seen your face before

(jack hues)

From my window i can see the skylight
And the clouds gathering out to sea
A light rain falls
And the street lights make the road shine

And i can't sleep
People talking about the war
I can't sleep
People talking about the war
I can't sleep

Over there a clock shows half past four
And the light breaks out to sea
And i just think of those things your said to me
And i said to you and you said to me

(jack hues)

You're sending messages to me girl
I feel them flashed across the land
It's such that i can disbelieve girl
And what you feel is in my hand

Chorus:
Ti na na, ti na na ne girl
Ti na na, ti na na ne
Ti na na, ti na na ne girl
Ti na na, ti na na ne

It's cold outside, i can't breathe girl
Without a pain inside my heart
And if i should ever leave girl
And even then without a start

So i'm sitting by the fireside
Or on the beach or some hotel
And i feel like sitting down and crying
I sing the words i know so well

Repeat chorus

(jack hues / nick de spig)

Simple scenes that i've never seen
A hole in my living, a kind of in-between
A geisha girl, a hard won world
A wall that divides us from an eastern spell

So we're rising in the east

I've seen america, america
Where they're so tired of living, they don't walk alone
And my europeans, just do what they're told to do
That means me and you, me and you

So we're rising in the east
That's why we're rising in the east

(jack hues)

Times are hard and times will change
Things can never be the same
A love that's fallen, that makes no sense
It's better than indifference

I can't help all things i feel
But i don't need a compact seal
A love that's over, a love that's spent
I'll never be indifferent

Chorus:
I never want to love you in a half hearted way
Oh, oh, oh
(repeat)
I never want to love you in a half hearted way at all

So if i ever leave your hand
I know that you will understand
A love that's fallen that makes no sense
It's better than indifference
I never want to be that way

Repeat chorus