Once there was light, perfectly white, far as the eye could wander   Once there was time, morning and night   Once there was sky, over yonder      The day begins, metropolis lies sleeping like a drunken soldier   Behind the wheel you come alive and down into its heart you motor   Atop the rise, metropolis, defender of the high and mighty   At every turn the homeless wait, reminding you of all that might be      Hurry now, there is somebody there to meet you   Office girls sweet and innocent poised to greet you   Through the glass fifty stories below you   There's a place I've been meaning to show you   Full of sights that are certain to blow you away      Beneath the haze, metropolis awakens with a hiss and rumble   You'll hear a knock, don't hesitate, they mustn't ever see you stumble   You'll never last down on the street, where staying on your toes ain't ballet   It's getting by or getting beat, from curtain to the grand finale      In the air there is music and sounds of laughter   For the moment it's happily ever after   Through the glass fifty stories below you   In the shadows where nobody knows you   There's a stranger who's dying to show you the way      Now entering metropolis, creation of a world gone crazy   The alleyway, the resting place, still echo from the souls trapped under   You lock the doors, step on the gas and push until it goes no faster   You close your eyes and leave behind, metropolis lord and master