Bb
        Well, I came a long way to be here today 
                                       Eb
        And I left you so long on this avenue
              F 
        And here I stand in the strangest land 
                            Bb
        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), yes, I wonder (oh, 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 (It's your life, it's your life) 
        Ah, the ground at my feet, maybe it's just the old street 
        But everything that I know lies under (It's your life, it's your life) 
        
        And when I see what they've done to this place that was home 
        Shame is all that I feel 
        Oh, and I wonder (oh, I wonder), yes, I wonder (wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder) 
        Is this the way life's meant to be?

     
                Eb               F
                Too late, too late to cry 
                        Bb A  Dm
                The people say
                Bb              C                 F  F7 
                Too late for you, too late for me 
                Bb                C                 F     A        Dm
                You've come so far, now you know everything my friend 
                   Eb                               C
                Look and see the wonders of our world...

                                                        Solo.[Bb Eb F Bb]

                F
        And I wonder (oh, I wonder), yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder) 
                                         Bb
        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 
        And I wonder (oh, I wonder), yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder) 
        Is this the way life's meant to be?
         

                C
        And I wonder (oh, I wonder), yes, I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder 
                                          F     
        Is this the way life's meant to be?            
            C
        Ooohh, I wonder, oh, I wonder, wonder, wonder 
                                          F     
        Is this the way life's meant to be? 
        
         C                                    F        
        Oh, is this the way life's meant to be?
         C                                    F 
        Mmmmm, is this the way life's meant to be? 
        
        I wanna know now 
        Is this the way life's meant to be?