(words and music by Joe Jackson)



Strange how the world got so small

I turned around and there was nowhere left to go

So sad, the dream always dies

Each new arrival closes places in my mind

But I can dream, until I go

Of smells that I don't recognize

And by the river in Shanghai

The colour of the sky

Is something I've never seen

After the summer rain

Children smile

Curious and kind

And the world is big again



(C) 1986 Pokazuka Ltd. (ASCAP)