FULL OF DESIRE / DOWN MISTY STREETS

IN A FORGOTTEN THIRD WORLD COUNTRY

I WALK WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS

ON MY SCREEN / PICTURES FEED ME

CARS AND RICH PLACES / NICE AND LONELY CHICKS

BUT WHAT I REALLY SEE/ IS A DIRTY MISERY

RAGGED PEOPLE LIVE AND DIE / A TRASHY FANTASY

I WANDER ROUND AND ROUND

SEEKING MY OWN PROMISED DREAM

THEN I FOUND ITS TRACE ON MY DECEIVING TV

I TURN IT ON AGAIN

STILL TRIES TO SEDUCE ME

NOW I SEE BEYOND ITS LYING SCREEN

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OH SWEET REALITY

YOU BREAK MY HEART

YOU DON'T NEED TO LIE TO ME NO MORE

OH BITTER REALITY

YOU DESTROY MY MIND

YOU CANNOT ENSLAVE MY THOUGHTS NO MORE

MY MIND IS ON FIRE / FOR ALL I SEE

OUR LIVES BECAME A BIG SHOW

WHEN YOU'RE BORN YOU GET YOUR SCRIPT

HARD WORKING MEN / FIGHTING FOR THEIR FOOD

EARNING MEAGER WAGES/ FOLLOWING STRANGE RULES

BUT WHAT THEY REALLY HAVE / IS A POOR SHACK TO LIVE IN

FILTHY RAGS TO WEAR / AND RANCID SCRAPS TO EAT

I WANDER ROUND AND ROUND

SEEKING MY LOST PROMISED DREAM

THEN I FOUND ITS TRACE ON MY DECEIVING TV

I TURN IT ON AGAIN

DIFFERENT WORLDS IN FRONT OF ME

NOW I SEE BEYOND ITS LYING SCREEN

CHORUS