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