Beijing, Beijing

Lyrics: taken from Lai Zis poem              Music and vocals: Xu Duo

Beijing is so big, so big

Beijing is so cold, so very cold

Beijing is also so hot

My home is not in Beijing

Its been many years since Ive been home

Are my mother and father still doing well?

I want to go home and see them so much

My mother, my father, and my hometown

I remember the year I arrived in Beijing

Always being stumbled by unfamiliar people and places

Its rough and bumpy here

And theres no one I can tell my troubles to

Year after year goes by

Changing jobs one by one

I still havent made any money

And my grief has taken over me

Girl in my heart

When will you appear?

Dreams in my heart

Are slowly blurring away

Beijing, Ah, Beijing

Are you still the Beijing in my heart?

Are you really just a pit stop?

If I left you, where else would I go?

Beijing is so big, so big

Beijing is so cold, so very cold

Beijing is also so hot

My home is not in Beijing

Beijing is so big, so big

Beijing is so cold, so very cold

Beijing is also so hot

My home is in Beijing too

Beijing is so big, so big

Beijing is so cold, so very cold

Beijing is also so hot

My home is in Beijing now

Lan Zi comes from Henan Province. He couldn’t get his pay in a building site in Beijing. The Beijing Bureau of Labor didn’t accept and hear his case because he can not show any evidence. This poem was written by Lan Zi when he attended a law training class held by the Migrant Worker’s Home organization.