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Artist: Level 42
Canonical path: /level-42/the-chinese-way
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Chinese Way
Read The Chinese Way lyrics by Level 42 on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Chinese Way
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Take a journey back in time
Leave the western world behind
Cross the mountains to Peking
Where the paper laterns gently swing
The Chinese way
Who knows what they know
The Chinese legend grows
My eyes wide open
I feel a breeze
Words softly spoken
In Cantonese
Standing at the master's side
The with patience he confides
Secret knowledge - sacred ways
Paerls of wisdom from the dragon days
I could never lie
For honour I would lie
Following the Chinese way
So many years ago hero's ruled the world
(Some died for love in a cruel world)
They were the only ones in a cruel world
I could never lie
For honour I would lie
Following the Chinese way
From the mountains to Peking
Where the paper laterns gently swing
The Chinese way
Who knows what they know
The Chinese legend grows
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Level 42 performs "The Chinese Way", and this lyric page sits inside the Level 42 catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to A Pharaoh's Dream (Of Endless Time) and A Kinder Eye with a short reason for opening each page next.
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