The Opposite Side of the Earth
(music and lyric by Eddie Biggins)

On the opposite side of the earth
Sits a girl on a bed with a webcam
Chatting with a man
Who is more than twice her age
She invites him to click the button
That leads to her private page
Just another lonely married guy
Cyber-misbehaving
So she sells him the moment of intimacy
He’s been craving
Another transaction succeeded
They both get what they needed
From the opposite side of the earth

On the opposite side of the earth
There’s a woman who’s checking her email
To see the photographs
From a distant foreign place
It’s the first time that she’ll be seeing
Her beautiful grandchild’s face
And even though she’s far away
She still feels connection
To this baby who lives the same distance
In either direction
With family spread out across nations
Rely on communications
From the opposite side of the earth

On the opposite side of the couch
There he sits with his drink and his laptop
She used to crack him up
Now he rarely cracks a smile
He’s been fretting about expenses
For more than a little while
So she sends an IM from her phone
Sexual and funny
He grins, she’s successfully pulled him
Away from the money
The sound of his laughter’s the payback
As they start to find their way back
From the opposite side of the earth
From the opposite side of the earth