Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Chicago Institute lyrics
[Manfred Mann’s Earth Band - Chicago Institute lyrics]
Hit out hard in a furnace of steel
I thought life was a fire
I thought life was a high time
(I thought life was a fire)
I thought life was a symbol
(I thought life was for livin')
I thought life was for livin'
(I thought life was a symbol)
I thought life was a fire
There's an institute in Chicago
With a room full of machines
And they live this side of the sunrise
And burn away your dreams
Once you fly to Chicago -
In Chicago you will die
When that institute in Chicago has
Recorded you and I
There's an empty house in California
But they'll always let you in
And they'll make you feel oh so easy
Like you never learned to sin
Oh yes it's how they made it
How they made it seem so clean
Yes, that empty house in California is
Our brave new world's machine
At the institute in Chicago
From the first day you were born
Oh they just can't tell what you're feelin'
And they can't see how you're torn
When your name's just a number -
Just a number you will die
'Cause that institute in Chicago never
Knew you were alive
Way back there a reflection of me
Turned my head in a circle of time
I thought life was for livin'
I thought life was a high time
I thought life was a fire
I thought life was a symbol
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