Lyrics

She calls out to the man on the  
'Sir, can you   me?
It's   and I've   to   ,
Is there   you can tell me?'

He walks on, doesn't look back
He   he can't hear her
Starts to   as he   the street
Seems   to be there

Oh think twice,
it's another day for you and me in paradise
Oh think twice,
'cause it's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise, think about it

She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she's been  
She's got   on the   of her feet
She can't   but she's trying

Oh think twice,
'cause it's another day for you and me in paradise
Oh think twice,
it's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise, think about it

Oh Lord, is there nothing more   can do
Oh Lord, there must be something you can  

You can tell from the   on her face
You can see that she's been there
Probably been   on from every place
'Cause she didn't   in there

Oh think twice,
'cause it's another day for you and me in paradise
Oh think twice,
it's just another day for you,
You and me in paradise,
just think about it, think about it

It's just another day
for you and me in paradise
It's just another day
for you and me in paradise, paradise
Just     it, paradise, just think about it
Paradise, paradise, paradise
Legend

Meaning

It is a protest song.

Collins sings the song from a third-person perspective, observing as a man crosses the street to ignore a homeless woman, and he implores listeners not to turn a blind eye to homelessness because, by drawing a religious allusion, "it's just another day for you and me in paradise". Collins also appeals directly to God by singing: "Oh Lord, is there nothing more anybody can do? Oh Lord, there must be something you can say?"

Vocabulary

can tell

to distinguish; to see (a difference); to know or decide
Can you tell the difference between them?
I can’t tell one from the other

walks on

to continue walking in your intended direction
She walked on without a backward glance.

pretends

to behave in a particular way because you want someone to believe that something is true when it is not
We were never going to make the marriage work, so why pretend?

whistle

to make a tune or musical notes by forcing air through your mouth
I wish you’d stop whistling that tune!

soles

bottom of foot