Lyrics - The Gap by Thompson Twins

Wake up in a strange landone 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 colours on the map.
We say:
Break the linechew the fatkeep moving out into the gap.
Beggars in the backstreetsthere for all the world to leave
It's you that's begging for attentionwellit'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.
They say:
East is
East -
West is
West
Two different rhythms on the map. . . .
East is
East -
West is
West
Two different colours on the map. . . .
Can you smell the perfume of a hundred thousand years?
Dare you look into the eyes that hide a hundred million tears?
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.
They say:
East is
East -
West is
West
Two different colours on the map. . . .
They say:
East is
East -
West is
West. . .
They say:
East is
East -
West is
West
Two different rhythms on the map. . . .

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