Well, I'm dressed up so nice
  An' I'm doin' my best
  Yes I'm startin' over..
  Startin' over in another place
  
  Lemme tell you a story
  Big chief with a golden crown
  He's got rings on his finger
  And then he walks up, up to the throne
  
  He's makin' shapes with his hands
  An' don't choo dare sit down
  Now don't choo dare jump back
  And don't choo dare stick out!
  
  And on the first day, we had everything we could hold
  Ooh and then we let if all
  And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do
  Ooh what a day that was.
  
  There are 50,000 beggars
  Roaming in the streets
  They have lost all their possessions
  They have nothing left to eat
  
  Down come a bolt of lightning
  Now an electrical storm
  Starts a chain reaction
  Go pull a fire alarm
  
  I'm dreaming of a city
  It was my own invention
  And I put the wheels in motion
  A time for big decisions
  
  And on the first day, we had everything we could hold
  Ooh and then we let if all
  And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do
  Ooh what a day that was.
  
  Oh a day that was
  Ooh that's the way it goes
  There's a million ways- to get things done
  Three's a million ways- to make things work out.
  
  Well I'm going right trough
  And the light came down
  Well they're roundin' 'em up
  from all over town
  
  They're movin' forward and back
  They're movin' backwards and front
  And they're enjoying themselves
  Moving in ev'ry direction
  
  So if you feel like you're in a whirlpool
  You feel like going home
  And if you feel like talking to someone
  Who know the difference between right and wrong
  
  And on the first day, we had everything we could hold
  Ooh and then we let if all
  And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do
  Ooh what a day that was.
  We're go(in') boom boom boom That's the way we live
  And in a great big room and That's the way we live.