(C) 1996 SUPERTRAMP

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

The stage is set, the band starts playin'.
Suddenly your heart is pounding,
wishing secretly you were a star.

But don't be fooled by the radio,
the TV or the magazines.

They'll show you photographs
of how your life should be,
but they're just someone else's fantasies.

So if you think your life is complete confusion
because you never win the game,

just remember that it's a grand illusion
'cause deep inside we're all the same,
all the same.

So if you think your life is complete confusion
'cause your neighbors got it made,

just remember that it's a grand illusion,
an' deep inside we're all the same.

America spells competition.
Join us in our blind ambition,
get yourself a brandnew motorcar.

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 we are.

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THE GRAND ILLUSION              ;Words and music by Dennis De Young