When Two Worlds Collide

[Verse 1]

Shots ring out in Paris, the bells ring out in Rome

Photos in the papers, boy, you're gettin' old

Footsteps in the carpark, he's the governor of the night

The omens say crime don't pay, but each dog has his price

[Chorus]

When two worlds collide

The tears well inside

When two worlds collide

[Verse 2]

A boy is found in Naples, body's in the ditch

His young life counts for nothin' when somebody's getting rich

There's flowers on the table, he sips water, she drinks wine

I don't think that mercy is the language of our time

[Chorus]

When two worlds collide

The teardrops inside

When two worlds collide

You break me up inside

[Verse 3]

Backstreet of Chicago, a black man plays the gold

There's a man on every corner, says he'd like to buy your soul

Bhuddists in the temple, bullets in the night

Steppin' out of their world into your world, into mine

In the jet-black night

[Chorus]

Tears well inside

When two worlds collide

Break me up inside

Two worlds collide