Manfred Mann`s Earth Band Chicago Institute Lyrics

Chicago Institute Lyrics

Way back there an explosion of hope

Hit out hard in a furnace of steel

I thought life was a fire

I thought life was a high time

(I
thought life was a fire)

I thought life was a symbol

(I thought
life was for livin)

I thought life was for livin

(I thought life
was a symbol)

I thought life was a fire



There's an institute
in Chicago

With a room full of machines

And they live this side of
the sunrise

And burn away your dreams

Once you fly to Chicago - in
Chicago you will die

When that institute in Chicago has recorded you and
I



There's an empty house in California

But they'll always
let you in

And they'll make you feel oh so easy

Like you never
learned to sin

Oh yeah that's how they made it how they made it seem so
clear

Yes that empty house in California is our brave new world's
machine



At the institute in Chicago from the first day you were
born

Oh they just can tell what your feelin

And they can't see how
you're torn

When your name's just a number - just a number you will
die

Cos that institute in Chicago never knew you were alive



Way back there a reflection of me

Turned my head in a circle of
time

I thought life was for living (living)

I thought life was a
high time (high time)

I thought life was a fire (fire)

I thought
life was a symbol (symbol)