I’m back in China (Live)

Yeah! Oh! Come on!

(Verso 1)

I left the shore on a midnight train,

Dreams of bamboo and the falling rain,

Saw the moon rise over the Great Wall high,

And I knew right then — I’d come back to your sky.

(Refrão)

I’m back in China, baby, just for you!

Red lanterns shining in the morning dew.

Silk on your skin and a dragon in the flame —

I’m back in China, and I’m calling your name!

Yeah-yeah-yeah! Oh-oh-oh!

(Verso 2)

You smiled at me by the river’s bend,

Like a poem written that will never end.

Your voice so soft like the koto’s tune,

Under cherry trees beneath the monsoon.

(Refrão)

I’m back in China, baby, don’t you see?

Every road I walked led me back to thee.

From the hills of Guangxi to the streets of the old town —

You’re the only girl who ever pulled me down!

Yeah-yeah-yeah! Oh-oh-oh!

(Ponte – voz mais suave, harmonias em terças)

Time may fly, and oceans part,

But you’re the rhythm of my heart.

No matter where the wind may blow…

This love keeps bringing me home.

(Refrão final – com energia máxima, backing vocals densos)

I’m back in China, where the lotus grows,

Where the firework sky in silence glows.

Hand in hand as the new year calls —

I’m back in China, baby, and I’m never leaving at all!

Yeah-yeah-yeah! Oh-oh-oh! Come on!

(Outro – fade-out com guitarra, piano e gritos espontâneos)

I’m back! I’m back!

Back in China, yeah!

Oh! Oh! Oh!