Lyrics
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
I was sipping wine in a cellar bar, winding down an ordinary day
When this girl walked in and ordered a beer, then sat down a table or two away
Without much fuss I moved across and offered to her my best Sunday smile
I said, ‘excuse me Miss but would you mind conversing with me for a little while’
She shrugged her shoulders, uncommitted, staring at the bottom of her glass
I said ‘Hey, don't worry, just conversation, really I said, I'm not trying to make a pass’
Her hair was brown, her eyes were grey and her mood it changed in hue from blue to black
And then she spoke in a dark red voice and what she said it really knocked me back.
Lift:
Do you know what she said? Well I'll tell you, she said
Chorus:
All around the world, there are people sighing
All around the world, there are people crying
And all around the world there are people dying to be free
Then she said,
All around the world, there's too much sorrow
And all around the world, little hope for tomorrow
All around the world and all you can do is talk about you and me
Talk, talk, talk
Well I was shocked and I was hurt, to say the least, I was certainly surprised
Taken aback, I tried to respond but I found that I was paralysed
She looked me up, caught my eyes, shook her head and then she looked me down
Placed her hands upon my shoulders, took a breath and really went to town
Lift:
And you know what she said, yeah, she said
Chorus:
All around the world, there are people sighing
All around the world, there are people crying
And all around the world there are people dying to be free
Then she said,
All around the world, there's too much sorrow
And all around the world, little hope for tomorrow
All around the world and all you can do is talk about you and me
Talk, talk, talk
Bridge:
I said, ‘Hey girl, don't you lay that guilt trip down on me’
I said, ‘Hey, hey girl, listen awhile and perhaps then you will see’
I said, ‘Hey girl, that's exactly what I was going to say;
That I'm on my own and adding to the sadness that fills the world today’
Lift:
Well that was telling her - so I said
End Chorus:
I know that around the world, there's too much sorrow
And all around the world, there's little hope for tomorrow
But if we want to change that, well it starts right here with you and me
So if you want to talk, let’s talk
So she listened for a while and then she gave a little smile
For its all around the world, you know it's all around the world
Its all around the world, oh, oh, oh - its all around the world
Its all around the world, oh, oh, oh - its all around the world
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