Have I been blind? Have I been lost?
They crowded around me
Have I been wise? Have I been weak?
I've walked these streets in a carnival
Inside my self and my own mind
And I've walked these streets
Have I been wise? Have I been weak?
Where a wild eyed misfit prophet
In that, that great street carnival
By what my eyes have found
Inside my self and my own mind
And he raved of saving me
Actors took their places next to me
Have I been wrong? Have I been wise
By what my eyes have found
In a spectacle of wealth and poverty
Hypnotized and mesmerized
If I've been hypnotized and mesmerized
Oh have I been lost?
Oh have I been lost?
I've walked these streets
Make up on their faces
By what my eyes have seen?
Hypnotized, mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen?
In the mad house asylum they can be
It seemed to me
On a traffic island stopped
Hypnotized, mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen, by what they have seen?
[Incomprehensible] have I been blind? Have I been lost?
Have I been blind? Have I been lost
By what my eyes have found
Have I been strong? Oh have I been strong?
By what my eyes have found
Have I been blind? Have I been lost
That they just rolled out for me
The scarlet welcome carpet
All the cheap thrill seekers
To shut my eyes and play along
Have I been strong? Oh have I been strong?
Of sights to see
In the diamond markets
The vendors and the dealers
Hypnotized and paralyzed by what my eyes have found
