The Gap lyrics

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
Have a listen to the chanting
And all the lies the wise ones tell
When they say

East is East, West is West
Two different colours on the map
We say, break the line, chew the fat
Keep moving out into the gap

Beggars in the back streets
There for all the world to leave
It's you that's begging for attention
Well it's all the same to me
Well I won't ask permission
Not from teachers or from kings
Cos I can see for myself
All the pain that you will bring
When you say

East is East, West is West
Two different rhythms to the rap
We say, break the line, chew the fat
Keep moving out into the gap

East is East, West is West
Two different colours on the map
We 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?
But there's no need to be so frightened
Of all the figures in the night
Cos we share the same emotions
And no one's wrong and no one's right
But they say

East is East, West is West
Two different colours 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 colours 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 rap
We say, break the line, chew the fat
Keep moving out into the gap