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