Well, we always seem to worry Life's becoming such a flurry Can't you see that there's lights in the dark Nothing's quite what it seems in the city of dreams Rainbows tinted with gold All the stories we've been told Still her love is yours to behold Nothing's quite what it seems in the city of dreams You say it's not the real world Though it seems so real to me And I know that we're never turning back Can you see what I see? I had a vision Of festive days She's like an eagle In the misted haze Sit and wonder at the sky Watch the river flowing by Now it ends and we're here at the start Nothing's quite what it seems in the city of dreams You say it's not the real world Though it seems so real to me And I know that we're never turning back Can you see what I see? I had a vision Of festive days She's like an eagle In the misted haze Oh, break my chains, girl Show me to the land Where people live together Try to understand