| Once there was light
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| Perfectly white
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| Far as the eye could wander
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| Once there was time
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| Morning and night
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| Once there was sky -- over yonder
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| The day begins
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| Metropolis lies sleeping like a drunken soldier
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| Behind the wheel you come alive
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| And down into its heart you motor
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| Atop the rise — Metropolis
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| Defender of the high and mighty
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| At every turn the homeless wait
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| Reminding you of all that might be Hurry now, there is somebody there to meet you
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| Office girls sweet and innocent poised to greet you
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| Through the glass fifty stories below you
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| There’s a place I’ve been meaning to show you
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| Full of sights that are certain to blow you away
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| Beneath the haze
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| Metropolis awakens with a hiss and rumble
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| You’ll hear a knock, don’t hesitate
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| They mustn’t ever see you stumble
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| You’ll never last down on the street
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| Where staying on your toes ain’t ballet
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| It’s getting by or getting beat
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| From curtain to the grand finale
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| In the air there is music and sounds of laughter
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| For the moment it’s happily ever after
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| Through the glass fifty stories below you
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| In the shadows where nobody knows you
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| There’s a stranger who’s dying to show you the way
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| Now entering Metropolis
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| Creation of a world gone crazy
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| The alleyway — the resting place
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| Still echo from the souls trapped under
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| You lock the doors, step on the gas
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| And push until it goes no faster
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| You close your eyes and leave behind
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| Metropolis lord and master |