The risin' moon faces the sickenin' sun

And the lights in the tower blocks go on, one by one

A big shot, overlookin' this black iron skyline

Surrounded by his symbols of prosperity sits back in his new leather chair

Ripped off the back of some unfortunate beast I'm smilin' through my teeth

Anybody can be a millionaire, so everybody's gotta try

But by the laws of this human jungle only the heartless will survive

And down there but for the grace of God, go I The smoke and the steam, and the broken down dreams

The hope and the hunger, frustration and anger

The little drunken lives drivin' through the traffic lights

And away from who they are

But I've been thinkin' of you

In this great city of great solitude Crossin' the central reservation of my imagination

Searchin' for the world I left behind

A shadow huntin' shadows of childhood life

It's all I want and all I miss

But how can I return, to a place that don't exist From Mombosa to Miami, Beiruit to Bangladesh

I've flown around the world standin' on the wing of a jet

Tryin' to salvage my emotions from the bottom of the oceans

You see I sold my soul to pay for my dinner

My stomach grew fatter but my heart grew thinner

I ain't fooling, I'm fallin', I wasn't wicked just weak

I ain't lyin', I'm dyin' crippled by deceit Crossin' the central reservation of my imagination

Searchin' for the world I left behind

A shadow hunting shadows of childhood life

It's all I want and all I miss

But how can I return to a place that don't exist

Oh, these hand that wrote the agony has just begun

Will be the hands that pull the trigger of this gun