Bb
		Well, I came a long way to be here today
		                               Eb
		And I left you so long on this avenue
		      F
		And here I stand in the strangest land
		                    Bb
		Not knowing what to say or do

		As I gaze around at these strangers in town
		I guess the only stranger is me
		And I wonder (yes, I wonder), yes, I wonder (oh, I wonder)
		Is this the way life's meant to be?

		Although it's only a day since I was taken away
		And left standing here looking in wonder (It's your life, it's your life)
		Ah, the ground at my feet, maybe it's just the old street
		But everything that I know lies under (It's your life, it's your life)

		And when I see what they've done to this place that was home
		Shame is all that I feel
		Oh, and I wonder (oh, I wonder), yes, I wonder (wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder)
		Is this the way life's meant to be?

		Eb               F
		Too late, too late to cry
		        Bb A  Dm
		The people say
		Bb              C                 F  F7
		Too late for you, too late for me
		Bb                C                 F     A        Dm
		You've come so far, now you know everything my friend
		   Eb                               C
		Look and see the wonders of our world...

Solo:		Bb Eb F Bb

		        F
		And I wonder (oh, I wonder), yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder)
		                                 Bb
		Is this the way life's meant to be?
		As I wander around this wreck of a town
		Where people never speak aloud
		With it's ivory towers and it's plastic flowers
		I wish I was back in 1981

		Just to see your face instead of this place
		Now I know what you mean to me
		And I wonder (oh, I wonder), yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder)
		Is this the way life's meant to be?

		        C
		And I wonder (oh, I wonder), yes, I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
		                                  F
		Is this the way life's meant to be?
		    C
		Ooohh, I wonder, oh, I wonder, wonder, wonder
		                                  F
		Is this the way life's meant to be?

		 C                                    F
		Oh, is this the way life's meant to be?
		 C                                    F
		Mmmmm, is this the way life's meant to be?

		I wanna know now
		Is this the way life's meant to be?