well i’ve walked these streets
a virtual stage
it seemed to me
makeup on their faces
actors took their places next to me
pre
well i’ve walked these streets
in a carnival
of sights to see
all the cheap thrillseekers
the vendors and the dealers
they crowded around me
have i been blind
have i been lost
inside myself and my own mind
hypnotized mesmerized
by what my eyes have seen
well i’ve walked these streets
in a spectacle of wealth and poverty
in the diamond market
the scarlet welcome carpet
that they just rolled out for me
pre
and i’ve walked these streets
in the madhouse asylum
they can be
where a wildeyed misfit prophet
on a traffic island stopped
and he raved of saving me
have i been blind
have i been lost
inside myself and my own mind
hypnotized mesmerized
by what my eyes have seen
have i been wrong
have i been wise
to shut my eyes and play along
hypnotized paralyzed
by what my eyes have found
by what my eyes have seen
what they have seen
have i been blind blind
have i been lost lost
have i been wrong have i been wrong
have i been wise have i been wise
have i been strong
have i been hypnotized mesmerized
by what my eyes have found
by what my eyes have found
in that great street carnival
whoa in that carnival
have i been blind blind
have i been lost lost
have i been
have i been wrong have i been wrong
have i been wise have i been wise
have i been strong
have i been hypnotized mesmerized
by what my eyes have found
by what my eyes have found
in that great street carnival
in that carnival
Artist: Natalie Merchant
Year: 1995
Decade: 90s
Language: en
Word Count: 122