Welcome to the grand illusion
Come on in and see what's happening
Pay the price get your tickets for the show

The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star

But don't be fooled by the radio
The T.V. or the magazines
They'll show you photographs
Of how your life should be
But they're just someone else's fantasy

So if you think your life is complete confusion
Cause you never win the game
(Cause your neighbors got it made)
Just remember that it's a grand illusion
And deep inside we're all the same

America spells competition
Join us in our blind ambition
Get yourself a brand new motor car

But someday soon we'll stop to ponder
What on Earth's this spell we're under
We made the grade and still we wonder
Who the Hell we are!
 

Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
 Tommy Shaw

You see the world through your cynical eyes
You're a troubled young man I can tell
You've got it all in the palm of your hand
But your hand's wet with sweat
And your head needs a rest
And you're fooling yourself if you don't believe it

Why must you be such an angry young man
When your future looks quite bright to me
And how can there be such a sinister plan
That could hide such a lamb
Such a caring young man
And you're fooling yourself if you don't believe it
You're killing yourself if you don't believe it
Get up, get back on your feet
You're the one they can't beat and you know it
Come on let's see what you've got
Just take your best shot and don't blow it.
 

Superstars
James Young, Dennis De Young, Tommy Shaw

You've read about me in the papers
You've seen me on the movie screen
You know everything about me
I'm your late night fantasy

But don't think I can't hear you calling
From the shadow of the 14th row
Cause I've had the same dreams you've had
A few short years ago and that's why I know

You and I
We will climb so high
Superstars
Whoa whoa You and I

And we'll just close our eyes
And become our fantasy

Superstars yes, yes, superstars
Step right this way. Everyone's welcome,
We want your dreams.
The offer's simple, momentary immortality

Cause I've seen them all you know
I've seen them climb and I've seen them fall
I've seen them come and I've seen them go
And through it all there's only one thing that matters

Love - And that's simply
You and I
Yes, You and I
For we are superstars
 

Come Sail Away
Dennis De Young

I'm sailing away
Set an open course for the virgin sea
For I've got to be free
Free to face the life that's ahead of me

On board I'm the captain
So climb aboard
We'll search for tomorrow
On every shore
And I'll try, oh Lord, I'll try
To carry on

I look to the sea
Reflections in the waves spark my memory
Some happy, some sad
I think of childhood friends
And the dreams we had

We lived happily forever
So the story goes
But somehow we missed out
On the pot of gold
But we'll try best that we can to carry on

A gathering of angels appeared above our heads
They sang to us this song of hope and this is what they said

Come sail away
Come sail away
Come sail away with me

I thought that they were angels
But to my surprise
We climbed aboard their starship
And headed for the skies
 

Miss America
James Young

You were the apple of the public's eye
As you cut the ribbon at the local mall
A mirage for both you and us
How can it be real?

We loved your body in that photograph
Your home state sure must be proud
The queen of the United States
Have you lost your crown?

Chorus: Well aren't you, Miss America
Don't you, Miss America
Won't you, Miss America our love?

Are you really who we think you are
Or does your smile seem to wear your down
Is the girl who you once were
Screaming to jump out?

Is the dream that you must live
A disease for which there is no cure
This rollercoaster ride you're on
Won't stop to let you off

Chorus: Well aren't you, Miss America
Don't you, Miss America
Won't you, Miss America our love?

Well it's true just take a look
The cover sometimes makes the book
And the judges did they ever ask
To read between your lines?

In your cage at the human zoo
They all stop to look at you
Next year what will you do
When you have been forgotten?

Chorus: Well aren't you, Miss America
Don't you, Miss America
Won't you, Miss America our love?
 

Man In The Wilderness
Tommy Shaw

Another year has passed me by
Still I look a myself and cry
What kind of man have I become?
All of the years I've spent in search of myself
And I'm still in the dark
'Cause I can't seem to find the light alone

Sometimes I feel like a man in the wilderness
I'm a lonely soldier off to war
Sent away to die - never quite knowing why
Sometimes it makes no sense at all

Ten Thousand people look my way
But they can't see the way that I feel
Nobody even cares to try
I spend my life and sell my soul on the road
And I'm still in the dark
'Cause I can't seem to find the light alone

Sometimes I feel like a man in the wilderness
I'm a lonely soldier lost at sea
Drifting with the tide
Never quite knowing why
Sometimes it makes no sense at all

(I'm alive)

Looking for love I'm a man with emotion

(And my heart's on fire)

I'm dying of thirst in the middle of the ocean
I'm alive!
 

Castle Walls
Dennis De Young

Once in a dream
Far beyond these castle walls
Down by the bay where the
Moonlit water falls
I stood alone while the minstrel sang his song
So afraid I'd lost my soul

There in the fog his song kept calling me
Leading me on with its haunting melody
Deep in my heart a voice kept echoing
I knew I'd soon be wandering

Far beyond these castle walls
Where the distant harbour meets the sky
There the battle rages like hell
And every dove had lost its will to fly

Far beyond these castle walls
Where I thought I heard Tiresias say
Life is never what it seems
And every man must meet his destiny
 
 

The Grand Finale
Dennis De Young, James Young, Tommy Shaw

Sail Away Superstars
Sail Away Superstars

So if you think your life is complete confusion
Cause your neighbors got it made
Just remember, please, it's a grand illusion
And deep inside we're all the same.