Talking to the Wall

I've lived my life in this valley town

Where the dusty gravel roads wind down

But my boy moved out to a distant shore

To a land I'd never known before

Now I read his letters from Beijing

And I wonder what the future's gonna bring

Oh China, you're a world away from here

Across the oceans, blue

and clear

You took my boy to a brand new start

Now you hold a piece of this father's heart (yeah)

He talks of temples on a mountain high

And high-speed trains that fly on by

He met a girl with a gentle grace

Now I see her picture,

her smiling face

And the distance

doesn't feel so

wide

When I see them standing side by side

Oh China, you're a world away from here

Across the oceans, blue

and clear

You took my boy to a brand new start

Now you hold a piece of this father's heart (mmm-hmm)

Yeah, you hold a piece

of my heart... (mmmmm)