[ The Way Life's Meant To Be von ELO ]


The Way Life´s Meant To Be - ELO

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1. Well I came a long way to be here today,
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    and I left you so long on this avenue,
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    and here I stand in the strangest land.
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    not knowing what to say or do.

    As I gaze around at these strangers in town,
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    I guess the only stranger is me.
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    And I wonder, yes I wonder,       is this the way life's meant to be.

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2. Although it's only a day since I was taken away
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    and left standing here looking in wonder.
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    The ground at my feet maybe it's just the old street
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    but everything that I know lies under.

    And when I see what they've done to this place that was home
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    shame is all that I feel, oh!
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    And I wonder, yes I wonder,       is this the way life's meant to be.

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    Too late, too late to cry, the people say,
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    too late for you, too late for me.
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   You've come so far, now you know everything my friend,
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    look and see the wonders of our world.

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    And I wonder, yes I wonder,       is this the way life's meant to be.

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3. As I wander around this wreck of a town
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    where people never speak aloud,
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    with its ivory towers and its plastic flowers,
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    I wish I was back in 1981.

    Just to see your face, instead of this place,
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    now I know what you mean to me, uh!
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    And I wonder, yes I wonder,       is this the way life's meant to be.

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And I wonder, yes I wonder, wonder, wonder
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is this the way life's meant to be?