Music & Lyrics : Jimmy Ye
Sung by: Kit Chan
I’ve walked the streets of Cairo and Bombay
I’ve seen the neon signs on ole Broadway
I’ve climbed the Eiffel Tower,
The Great Wall in one hour,
Experienced sweet and sour but that’s okay.
Seen Hollywood, the sunset in LA.
The London Bridge, Big Ben, the Thames, UK
I’ve crossed the River Kwai
Yet still I don’t know why
I think of you each night and every day.
There’s no place I’d rather be
You’ll always be a part of me
And even though I’ve roamed the world
It’s still my home I long to see.
This is where my family
And my friends grew up with me
So I’ll cross the skies and sail the seas
To be where I wanna be.
I’ve braved the rain in Spain,
danced in Taipei.
I’ve queued in the West End to catch the play
Discovered I love snow,
all nights in San Francisco.
But still it’s you I miss when I’m away
Repeat chorus
Cos there’s no place I’d rather be!
this is the main song of National Day 2007. firstly, i think kit chan is a darn fantastic singer and i’m glad they got her to sing this song (even though i’m wondering why her again? don’t we have other singers in singapore? darn i guess not!)
anyway, the point of this entry is that i love this song. i love all national days songs, being the patriotic singaporean that i am haha! but i especially love this song because i understand and agree so much with the words. i may not have been to all the places mentioned in the song, but i’m proud to say that i have been to at least 9/10 of them, and yes i’ve seen them all and i totally agree, that there really is not place that i’d rather be except here in singapore. i may love to travel and see the world, i may even want to live overseas for a while to work, (i have even lived abroad for 5 months while studying) and yet i think i will still come back home here. because as the song says, my family and friends are here.
oh well i guess sooner or later, my friends would be scattered all over the world for work anyway, especially since globalization is such a big thing these days. but my family will always be here, so i guess this is where i would always return to. :smile1
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i managed to watch the Preview of the NDP all thanks to my good bro. first things first, the scenery of the Bay at night is fantastic. the parade seemed to be much cooler than last year’s, perhaps cos it seemed to be more geared towards the young, like having rap songs. more fun segments lah. and the fireworks seemed to be much nearer and in your face, and i loved the fireworks at the top of the 3 tall financial buildings. now that the first year is so fantastic and has garnered much praise from the big bosses, i wonder how they would top this come 2008?