You went to South America Saw people starving in the streets Just a kid from the suburbs Trying to find out what life really means Flew across the ocean With your psychology degree Travelled down the coastline Hitching rides, collecting dreams And if dreams had wings You'd spend your whole life flying If the sun meant hope Light would shine on each horizon But Paris seemed so dirty You nearly drowned in all the rain If dreams had wing You'd be flying-flying away Wired home for money Somewhere in the south of Greece
Sang all night on some street corner 'Till you were ha**led by the police Contemplated Africa But there were just too many wars Just a kid from the suburbs No place to go anymore No place left to dream anymore And if dreams had wings You'd spend your whole life flying If the sun meant hope Light would shine on each horizon But Paris seemed so dirty You nearly drowned in all the rain If dreams had wings You'd be flying-flying away You went to South America Saw people starving in the streets