Well I've walked these streets
A virtual stage it seemed to me
Makeup on their faces
Actors took 1 places next to me

Well I've walked these streets
In a carnival of 2 to see
All the cheap thrill seekers
The vendors and the dealers they crowded 3 me

Have I been blind
Have I been lost inside myself and my own mind
Hypnotized 4 by what my eyes have seen

Well I've walked these streets
In a spectacle of wealth and 5
In the diamond market
The scarlet welcome carpet 6 they just rolled out for me

And I've walked these streets
In the madhouse 7 they can be
Where a wild eyed misfit prophet on a traffic island stopped
And he raved of 8 me

Have I been blind
Have I been lost inside myself and my own 9
Hypnotized mesmerized by what my eyes have seen

Have I been wrong
Have I been wise to shut my eyes and play along
Hypnotized paralyzed by what my eyes have found
By what my eyes have seen
What they have seen

Have I been blind
Have I been lost have I been wrong
Have I been wise have I been strong
Have I been hypnotized mesmerized
By what my eyes have found

In that great street carnival
In that carnival