Far Side of the World-The Hit Co.

[ti:Far Side of the World] [ar:The Hit Co.] [al:Songs for the Summer, Vol. 5] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Far Side of the World - The Hit Co. (热歌公司) [00:20.92]Ramadan is over, [00:23.42]The new moon's shown her face, [00:25.86]I'm halfway round the planet, [00:28.14]In a most unlikely place. [00:30.49] [00:31.03]Following my song line [00:33.30]Past bamboo shacks and shops [00:35.28] [00:35.78]Behind a jitney packed like sardines, [00:38.23]With bananas piled on top. [00:40.39] [00:42.33]I ran away from politics, [00:44.63]It's too bizarre at home. [00:46.61] [00:47.46]Away I flew, tuned into Blue [00:49.71]"Maybe Amsterdam or Rome" [00:51.79] [00:52.69]Awakened by a stewardess, [00:54.94]With Spain somewhere below. [00:56.77] [00:57.32]On the threshold of adventure, [00:59.49]God I do love this job so. [01:01.97] [01:02.90]So while I make my move [01:05.97]On the big board game [01:07.90] [01:08.45]Up and down a Spanish highway, [01:11.21]Some things remain the same. [01:13.35] [01:13.91]Girls meet boys [01:15.89]And the boys tease girls [01:18.99] [01:19.88]I'm heading out this morning, [01:22.09]For the Far Side of the World. [01:24.84] [01:34.20]Oh I believe in song lines [01:36.92]Obvious and not [01:38.95]I'd ridden them like camels [01:41.17]To some most peculiar spots. [01:44.06]They run across the oceans [01:46.36]Through mountains and saloons [01:48.88]And tonight out to the dessert [01:51.20]Where I sit atop this dune. [01:53.78] [01:55.53]I was destined for this vantage point [01:57.97]Which is so far from the Sea [01:59.89] [02:00.50]I've lived it in the pages of Saint-Exupery [02:05.67]From Paris to Tunisia [02:07.64]Casablanca to Dakar [02:10.60]I was riding long before I flew [02:13.06]Through the wind and sand and stars. [02:15.45] [02:17.49]Caravan [02:19.51]Ride that hump [02:21.81]And Timbuktu's a jillion bumps [02:26.39] [02:27.43]Sleeping bags and battle flags [02:29.70]Are coiled and furled [02:32.65] [02:33.67]That's the way you travel [02:35.28]To the far side of the world! [02:38.18] [02:59.80]A Sunset framed by lightening bolts [03:02.43]Burns a lasting memory [03:04.34] [03:05.04]And a string of tiny twinkling lights [03:07.47]Adorn the sausage tree. [03:09.80]While the embers from the log fire [03:12.71]Flicker, fly, and twirl [03:14.95]Then drift off toward the cosmos [03:17.11]From the Far Side of the World. [03:19.83] [03:21.30]Well it's Christmas and my birthday [03:23.79]And so to that extent [03:26.51]The Masai not the wise men [03:28.74]Are circling my tent. [03:31.43]I teach them how to play guitar [03:34.03]They show me how to dance [03:36.38]We have rum from the Caribbean [03:38.65]And Burgundy from France. [03:41.21] [03:43.23]New Year's Eve in Zanzibar [03:45.32]With Babu and his boys [03:47.53] [03:48.10]High up on the rooftop [03:50.14]You can relish all the noise. [03:52.78]They are dancing on the tables [03:55.32]People bouncing like gazelles [03:57.89]Two 0-0-1 is ushered in [04:00.59]With air raid horns and bells. [04:02.73] [04:04.70]Time to sing time to dance [04:08.82] [04:09.62]Living out my second chance. [04:13.90] [04:14.62]Cobras and sleeping bags are coiled and curled [04:19.85] [04:20.88]That's the way it happens [04:22.82]On the Far Side of the World. [04:25.36] [04:35.20]Back at home, it's afternoon [04:37.00]Six thousand miles away. [04:39.11] [04:39.69]I will still be there when I get through [04:42.36]Attending this soiree [04:44.87]There are jobs and chores and questions [04:47.27]And plates I need to twirl, [04:49.33] [04:49.87]But tonight I'll take my chances, [04:52.06]On the Far Side of the World. [04:54.18] [04:54.96]That's the way it happens [04:56.98]On the Far Side of the World.