Lyrics of Gong Li's sambal Cafe

You're standing in front of a wooden metal framed door

The door is always closed

There is a black sign on the left wall of the door

It says Samba 43

Open the door and come in with me

Are you in? Sit down and have a rest

Welcome to old Beijing in memory

This used to be an old courtyard

Like any other courtyard in the city in the old days

Several families once depended on each other

Living in these little houses

The waitress came with the menu

Try a coconut and steamed banana dessert

My favorite

It's only twenty yuan

Do you hear the birds in the yard

There's a bird cage at the back of the cafe

Beijing Natives take birdcages to the park every morning

The habit of birdsong in competitions

The song of the most beautiful bird will bring great honor to its master

The environment here belongs to old Beijing

The life of people here is also the life of old Beijing people

They were born here, they lived here, they died here

Life is like the wind

There was such a long time between coming and going

But it won't leave any trace

Only the courtyards and the streets survived

And in today's Beijing

In a city full of reinforced concrete buildings

In people's daily busy life

Everything here seems to be sleeping

You asked my name

My name is Gong Li

Yeah, I'm an actor

You say, the first time you see me, you think I'm a person with a story

I'm like everyone else

The story that happened to me is the same as everyone else's

You said everyone's story would be different

But no matter how different the story is

He will always be eroded by time in the end

We don't remember much of what we used to have

Like the story I want to tell you

What you hear now may not be the real appearance of what happened to him

You sit opposite me

We had never met before

But I don't know why. I want to tell you a story about the past

No, no, please don't tell me your name

Yes, we were lovers in college

We were so young at that time

You want to hear our story

Want to go with me

Go and see where our love happened

Give me an hour

Intoxicated in the past with me

Now it's time for us to go

Ask the waiter to pay

Come outside with me after you pay

I'll wait for you on route two