Well, I've walked these streets

A virtual stage

It seemed to me

Makeup on their faces

Actors took their places next to me



Well, I've walked these streets

In a carnival of sights to see

All the cheap thrill-seekers

The vendors and the dealers

They crowded around me



Have I been blind?

Have I been lost inside myself and my whole 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



And I've walked these streets

In the madhouse asylum they can be

Where a wild-eyed mystic prophet on a traffic island stopped

And he raved of saving me



Have I been blind?

Have I been lost inside myself and my whole 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?

Have I been lost?

Have I been wrong?

Have I been wise?

Have I been strong?

Have I been hypnotized, mesmerized

By what my eyes have found?



In that great street carnival



Have I been blind?

Have I been lost?

Have I been wrong?

Have I been wise?

Have I been strong?

Have I been hypnotized, mesmerized

By what my eyes have found?



In that great street carnival, in that carnival