Small child messing down, messing down   In the streets of Bombay   Cities like this have no shame, no shame   Indeed, why should they?      Out in the middle distance   Several tragedies are playing   I'm beside myself   I'm beside myself      Big sister, can you hear him   Can you hear him? I'm beside myself   Big sister, can you see him cry   See him cry? I'm beside myself   I saw you taking money in the shadows   In the shadows by the station there      I wish you up a silver train   To carry you to school, bring you home again   Strip off that work paint and put a cleaner face on   I'm beside myself, yeah, I'm beside myself      Hollow faced mother with her babe in arms   Babe in arms looks through me   Behind forgotten charms   Forgotten charms to soothe me   Between the guilt and charity   I feel the wimp inside of me      I'm beside myself   I'm beside myself   Out in the middle distance   Still more tragedies are playing   I'm beside myself      I'm so proud of you   Swimming up from the deep blue   Which one of me do you run to?   I'm beside myself, beside myself   I'm beside myself      Small child messing down, messing down   In the streets of Bombay   Cities like this have no shame, have no shame   Indeed, why should they?      Out in the middle distance   Several tragedies are playing   I'm beside myself   I'm beside myself