The way life's meant to be (1982) (midi)

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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? ......

(orig.=capo 3rd; midi=capo5th) (ELO)