Here on the hill
Where dreams become real
You look down on the lights
But they give you no thrill
In the spotlight beams
Lie a million schemes

Yeah you came from the streets
Took a ride to the coast
You were lower than low
Now you're bigger than most
Come a long way kid
Just like those pilgrims did

To the wonderworld
Where you live like a king
But it don't mean a thing
Nothing buys nothing
So you'll always say
The wonder it seems is just fading away, yeah

All she desires
The lawyers and such
The letters she sent back
Now she don't stay in touch
Well you gave your heart
Got it torn apart

Now the rain falls like soup
The palm trees will drown
And all the smart money
Is leaving this town
And you stand alone
This time your cover's blown

In the wonderworld
Take a ride down the chute
You're the latest recruit
The blank generation will take you away
The wonder it seems
Is just fading away

In the wonderworld
May your dreams become real
Make you as young as you feel
No one will help you if you make mistakes
They're onto you now
And they're all on the take

In a dream I had
About a brave new world
With endless horizons
And no wasted words
When I woke up I was sweating
I was cold I was wet
I realized my life
Hasn't even started yet
No no
No no
No no, no
No no

In the wonderworld
When the night becomes day
Can you stand up and say
This is all mine
This is something I said
This is my problem
It's all in my head

In the wonderworld
They'll collect what you've got
All the prisoners get shot

Now don't think that success
Is so easy to climb
Your people keep falling
Time after time after time
Oh time after time after time after time
I'm leaving today
The wonder is fading away, fading away
Fading away, fading away, fading away

I gotta keep on moving
I gotta keep on moving"