Manhattan Transfer - Metropolis lyrics

Once there was light

Perfectly white

Far as the eye could wander

Once there was time

Morning and night

Once there was sky -- over yonder

The day begins

Metropolis lies sleeping like a drunken soldier

Behind the wheel you come alive

And down into it's heart you motor

Atop the rise - metropolis

Defender of the high and mighty

At every turn the homeless wait

Reminding you of all that might be

Hurry nowthere is somebody there to meet you

Office girls sweet and innocent poised to greet you

Through the glass fifty stories below you

There's a place I've been meaning to show you

Full of sights that are certain to blow you away

Beneath the haze

Metropolis awakens with a hiss and rumble

You'll hear a knockdon't hesitate

They mustn't ever see you stumble

You'll never last down on the street

Where staying on your toes ain't ballet

It's getting by or getting beat

From curtain to the grand finale

In the air there is music and sounds of laughter

For the moment it's happily ever after

Through the glass fifty stories below you

In the shadows where nobody knows you

There's a stranger who's dying to show you the way

Now entering metropolis

Creation of a world gone crazy

The alleyway - the resting place

Still echo from the souls trapped under

You lock the doorsstep on the gas

And push until it goes no faster

You close your eyes and leave behind

Metropolis lord and master