In this great city, you don't hear church bells ring

Everybody dances, but nobody sings

And in the winter, there's never snow on the round

As I look out my window at the rivers of black

I wanna get out on the at highway and never come back

I set and wonder, has it all passed me by

Islands in the sky



Skyscraper temples way above the clouds

And a streetcorner preacher, shoutin' out loud

Nobody listens, and nobody cares

But everybody needs a dream

Everybody needs and island in the sky



Chorus:

Islands in the sky, Islands in the sky

Make a young boy's dreams, make an old man cry

Islands in the sky, Islands in the sky



(Repeat Chorus)



Someday I'll be there, I just don't know when

It's so far away now, but it won't be then

I don't know, I don't know

But everybody needs a dream

Everybody needs and island in the sky



(Repeat Chorus)