G
Well I came a long way to be here today and
                            C
I left you so long on this avenue...
     D
And here I stand in the strangest land not
                       G
Knowing what to say or do...
G
As I gaze around at these strangers in town I
                            C
guess the only stranger is me...

[Chorus]
          D
And I wonder, yes I wonder... is this the
                     G
way life's meant to be...

[Verse 2]
G
Although it's only a day since I was taken away and left
                              C
standing here looking in wonder...
     D
Oh, the crowd at my feet, maybe it's just the old street but
                               G
everything that I know lies under...

And when I see what they've done to this place that was
                                C
home, shame is all that I feel... Ohhh

[Chorus]
          D
And I wonder, yes I wonder... is this the
                     G
way life's meant to be...

[Bridge]
C               D             G    D  Em
Too late, too late to cry the people say
C            D                 G
Too late for you, too late for me...
C              D                 G     D
You've come so far, now you know ev'ry thing my
 Em
friend
C
Just look and see the wonders of our world-----

[Bass solo]
G  C  D  G

 G                    C
Oh---------------wah la...

[Chorus]
          D
And I wonder, yes I wonder... is this the
                     G
way life's meant to be...

[Verse 3]
G
As I wonder around this wreck of a town where people
               C                 D
never speak aloud...  with its ivory towers and its plastic
                                G
flowers I wish I was back in 1981

Just to see your face instead of this place, now I know what
               C
you mean to me. Ohhhh

[Chorus]
          D
And I wonder, yes I wonder... is this the
                     G
way life's meant to be...

(Through oh la la's G, C, D, G, C)

[Outro]
           D
And I wonder, yes I wonder wonder wonder wonder is this
                           G
the way life's meant to be. Ohhhhhhh
                                G
Is this the way life's meant to be mmmmm
D                                G
Is this the way life's meant to be, I wanna know now
D                                G
Is this the way life's meant to be.