Shanghai Breezes — John Denver

It's funny how you sound as if you're right next door There are lovers who walk hand in hand in the park

when you're really half a world away and lovers who walk all alone

I just can't seem to find the words I'm looking for There are lovers who lie unafraid in the dark

to say the things that I want to say and lovers who long for home

I can't remember when I felt so close to you Oh, I couldn't leave you even if I wanted to

it's almost more than I can bear you're in my dreams and always near

And though I seem a half a million miles from you And especially when I sing the songs I wrote for you

you're in my heart and living there you're in my heart and living there

And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see And the moon and the stars are the same ones you see

it's the same old sun up in the sky it's the same old sun up in the sky it's the same old sun up in the sky it's the same old sun up in the sky

And your voice in my ear is like heaven to me And your face in my dreams is like heaven to me And your love in my life is like heaven to me And your love in my life is like heaven to me

like the breezes here in old Shanghai like the breezes here in old Shanghai

like the breezes here in old Shanghai like the breezes here in old Shanghai

Shanghai breezes cool and clearing

evening's sweet caress

Shanghai breezes soft and gentle

remind me of your tenderness