The Way Life's Meant To Be

Well I came a long way to be here today And I left you so long on this avenue And here, I stand in the strangest land Not knowing what to say or do As I gaze around at these strangers in town I guess the only stranger is me And I wonder, yes I wonder Is this the way life's meant to be? Although it's only a day, since I was taken away And left standing here looking in wonder Oh, the ground at my feet, maybe it's just the old street But everything that I know, lies under And when I see, what they've done to this place That was home, shame is all that I feel Oh, and I wonder, yes I wonder Is this the way life's meant to be? Too late, too late to cry, the people say Too late for you, too late for me You've come so far, now you know everything my friend Just look and see the wonders of our world And I wonder, yes I wonder Is this the way life's meant to be? As I wander around this wreck of a town Where people never speak aloud With it's ivory towers and it's plastic flowers I wish, I was back in 1981 Just to see your face, instead of this place Now I know what you mean to me Oh, and I wonder, yes I wonder Is this the way life's meant to be? And I wonder, yes I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder Is this the way life's meant to be? Oh, I wonder, oh I wonder, wonder, wonder Is this the way life's meant to be? Oh, is this the way life's meant to be? Hmm, is this the way life's meant to be? I want to know now, is this the way life's meant to be?