Gareth Jones Songs

You Drove All The Way To China

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You drove all the way to China
What did you do it for?
With a Waitrose picnic hamper in a battered deux-chevaux
You went out on your journey
You never stopped to say
Why is it you are travelling as you go so far away
And let the lonely planet guide you on

See the world, see the faces of all the children on your way
Happy smiling, born with nothing

But what you see is what you get

In the desert lands, in the orient, see the roof of the world Arigato, merci, danke
Thanks to all of those who cared

You drove all the way to China
I think it’s in a dream
You packed away your spirit and a year’s supply of tea
The road that once existed
Has somehow lost its way
You set out in the winter just to beat the shorter days
And let the lonely planet guide you on

See the barriers, dive beneath them

Run your fingers through the sand
In the jungles or in the canyons of these magical lands
I will miss you in my loneliness, but this is how it has to be
I hope that you’ll be well, don’t look back now
Head for something new each week

You drove all the way to China
What did you do it for?
With a Waitrose picnic hamper in a battered deux-chevaux
You went out on your journey
You never stopped to say
But I know you love to travel and to go so far away

You drove all the way to China
I think it’s in a dream
You packed away your spirit and a year’s supply of tea
The road that once existed
Has somehow lost its way
You set out in the winter just to beat the shorter days

And let the lonely plant guide you on