Welcome to the Grand Illusion

Come on in and see what's happening

Pay the price, get your tickets for the show



The stage is set, the band starts playing

Suddenly your heart is pounding

Wishing secretly you were a star



Don't be fooled by the radio

The TV or the magazines

They'll show you photographs of how your life should be

But they're just someone else's fantasies



So if you think your life is complete confusion

'Cause you never win the game

Just remember that it's a Grand Illusion

And deep inside we're all the same

All the same



So if you think your life is complete confusion

'Cause your neighbor's got it made

Just remember that it's a Grand Illusion

And deep inside we're all the same



America spells competition

Join us in the blind ambition

Get yourself a brand new motorcar

And someday soon we'll stop to ponder

What on earth's this spell we're under

We made the grade and still we wonder

Who the hell we are