It's So Different Here

You wanted me to write you a letter
Here it is, it's left downriver on the boat
And if these things I feel around me could reach you
But they never will, you're much too remote

Women walk in the shade with water jars
It's so different here
so hot, no phones or cars
It's so different here

This afternoon we fall asleep, the people mend their nets
They'll be in the boats at sunrise
I watch them at their lives, they teach me much
I could not tell you, not until you've seen my eyes

Women walk in the shade with water jars
It's so different here
so hot, no phones or cars
It's so different here
It's so hot here

Do you still love me?

You never build a conclusion
With our affairs and ups and downs
And now my job has brought me here
Rivers still flow slowly when the land is low
The mind reaps on, but I'm too hot to shed a tear

Women walk in the shade with water jars
It's so different here
so hot, no phones or cars
Women walk in the shade with water jars
It's so different here
so hot, no phones or cars
It's so different here
It's so hot here