Verse 1:
Noise, bustle and the searing heat, India greeted me.
People were everywhere not all of them were free.


Verse 2:
Streets had no order, yet nothing went wrong.

Vehicles and animals, pavements and roads as one.

Chorus 1:

A place of contrast, a place I once knew.
With one foot in the past, yet a brighter future too.


Verse 3:
Five star luxury, tents by the road.
People chopping wood, yet the software seed's been sowed.


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Chorus 2:
A place of contrast, a place I once knew.
With one foot in the past, yet a brighter future too.


Verse 4:
Spiritually rich, materially poor.

For the hopeless and the homeless, others could do more.

Chorus 3:

A place of change, a place I once knew.
With one foot in the past, yet a bright future too.


Chorus 4:
A place of hope, a place I once knew.
India one day I will return to you.