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- Well, I came a long way
- to be here today
- And I left you so long
- on this avenue
- And here I stand
- in the strangest land
- Not knowing what to say or do
- As I gaze around
- at these strangers in town
- I guess the only stranger is me
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- And I wonder (oh, I wonder)
- Yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder)
- Is this the way life's meant to be?
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- Although it's only a day
- since I was taken away
- And left standing here
- looking in wonder
- (It's your life, it's your life)
- Ah, the ground at my feet,
- maybe it's just the old street
- But everything that I know
- lies under
- (It's your life, it's your life)
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- And when I see what they've done
- To this place that was home
- Shame is all that I feel
- Oh, and I wonder (oh, I wonder)
- Yes, I wonder
- (wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder)
- Is this the way life's meant to be?
- Too late, too late to cry
- The people say
- Too late for you, too late for me
- You've come so far,
- now you know everything my friend
- Look and see
- the wonders of our world...
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- ** Repeat
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- As I wander
- around this wreck of a town
- Where people never speak aloud
- With its ivory towers
- and its plastic flowers
- I wish I was back in 1981
- Just to see your face
- instead of this place
- Now I know what you mean to me
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- ** Repeat
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- And I wonder (oh, I wonder)
- Yes, I wonder, wonder,
- wonder, wonder
- Is this the way life's meant to be?
- Ooohh, I wonder
- Oh, I wonder, wonder, wonder
- Is this the way life's meant to be?
- Oh, is this the way
- life's meant to be?
- Mmmmm,
- is this the way life's meant to be?
- I wanna know now
- Is this the way life's meant to be?
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