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

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

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

And when I A see what they’ve done to this place
that was home, shame is all that I D feel
Oh, and I E wonder (oh, I wonder) yes I wonder (wonder, wonder, wonder)
Is this the way life’s meant to A be? A A/B A/C#

D Too late, too E late to cry
the A peo-E/G# ple F#m say
D Too late for E you, too late for A me A A/B A/C#

D You’ve come so E far
now you know A every-E/G# thing , my F#m friend
B7 (Look and see the wonders of our D world)

Inter A D E

A Oooooh ah D oooh
And I E wonder (oh, I wonder), yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder)
Is this the way life’s meant to A be?

As I A wander around this wreck of a town
Where people never D speak aloud
With its E ivory towers and its plastic flowers
I wish I was back in nineteen A eighty one

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

A Oooooh lalalalalalalalalalala D la
E Oooooh lalalalalalalalalalala A la lala
A Oooooh lalalalalalalalalalala D la
And I E wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
Is this the way life’s meant to A be?

Ooh, I E wonder, oh, I wonder, wonder, wonder
Is this the way life’s meant to A be?
Oh oh oh E oh, is this the way life’s meant to A be?
Mmmmm E mm, this is the way life’s meant to A be?
I wanna know now E this is the way life’s meant to A be?