Twenty Thousand Hearts

First we lived in India

In winter it rains there everyday

We were younger then

We were children in India

There were signs and people

WeÔÇÖd never understand

You said ÔÇŁHold my handÔÇŘ

And I held your hand



There is one of me

And one of you

Two of us

And one hundred questions

And two thousand reasons

But tenÔÇÖs a perfect number

We are twenty thousand hearts full of hunger

Twenty thousand hearts



Then weÔÇÖre dancing in Geneva

ItÔÇÖs New YearÔÇÖs Eve

And all the Americans were there

They said, ÔÇŁItÔÇÖs still last year in New York City.ÔÇŘ

You said, ÔÇŁNew York, where?ÔÇŘ

I said, ÔÇŁNew York City, its three thousand miles away.ÔÇŘ

You said, ÔÇŁWhatÔÇÖs a mile?ÔÇŘ

I said, ÔÇŁItÔÇÖs far away.ÔÇŘ



There is one of me

And one of you

Two of us

And one hundred questions

And two thousand reasons

But tenÔÇÖs a perfect number

We are twenty thousand hearts full of hunger

Twenty thousand hearts



Now you ask me to explain myself

And I tell you I need distance

You say, ÔÇŁTo hell with distance, remember who youÔÇÖre talking to.ÔÇŘ

I say, ÔÇŁCloseness is too much for me.ÔÇŘ

And dismiss you with a smile

You say, ÔÇŁWish away your closeness, and imagine itÔÇÖs a mile.ÔÇŘ



There is one of me

And one of you

Two of us

And one hundred questions

And two thousand reasons

But tenÔÇÖs a perfect number

We are twenty thousand hearts full of hunger

Twenty thousand hearts

Twenty thousand hearts full of hunger

Twenty thousand hearts