Prologue
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I must've dreamed a thousand dreams
Now did you read the news today
There's too many men
This is the world we live in
Ooh Superman where are you now
This is the time
This is the world we live in
I remember long ago -
I won't be coming home tonight
Too many men
Now this is the world we live in
This is the world we live in
Been haunted by a million screams
But I can hear the marching feet
They're moving into the street.
They say the danger's gone away
But I can see the fire's still alight
There burning into the night.
Too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Can't you see
This is a land of confusion.
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in.
When everything's gone wrong somehow
The men of steel, the men of power
Are losing control by the hour.
This is the place
So we look for the future
But there's not much love to go round
Tell me why, this is a land of confusion.
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth living in.
Ooh when the sun was shining
Yes and the stars were bright
All through the night
And the sound of your laughter
As I held you tight
So long ago -
My generation will put it right
We're not just making promises
That we know, we'll never keep.
There's too many people
Making too many problems
And not much love to go round
Can't you see
This is a land of confusion.
And these are the hands we're given
Use them and let's start trying
To make it a place worth fighting for.
And these are the names we're given
Stand up and let's start showing
Just where our lives are going to.