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 own 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 misfit prophet on a traffic island stopped
And he raved of saving me

Have I been blind have I been lost inside
Myself and my own 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 Blind
Have I been lost Lost
Have I been wrong Have I been wrong
Have I been wise Have I been wise
Have I been strong
Have I been hypnotized mesmerized