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 I listen to the chanting

And all the lies that wise ones tell They say, "East is east, west is west"

Two different colors on the map

We say, "Break the line, chew the fat"

Keep moving out into the gap Beggars in the backstreet's

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

Well all the pain that you will bring When you say, "East is east, west is west"

Two different rhythms to the map

You say, "Break the line, chew the fat"

Keep moving out into the gap, hey Move, move, move, move

Let's move, let's move, let's move, let's move

Let's move, let's move, let's move, let's move

Let's move, let's move, let's move, let's East is east, west is west

Two different colors on the map

You say, "Break the line, chew the fat"

Keep moving out into the gap Can you smell the perfume

Of a hundred thousand years?

Dare you look into the eyes

That hide a hundred million tears? Oh, there's no need to be so frightened

Of all the figures in the night

'Cos we shared the same emotions

And no one's wrong and no one's right When they say, "East is east, west is west"

Two different colors on the map

We say, "Break the line, chew the fat"

Keep moving out into the gap They say, "East is east, west is west"

Two different colors on the map

We say, "Break the line, chew the fat"

Keep moving out into the gap They say, "East is east, west is west"

Two different rhythms to the map

We say, "Break the line, chew the fat"

Keep moving out into the gap