Written by Dennis DeYoung
Lead vocals by Dennis DeYoung

Have you ever been sittin' at home watchin' television and suddenly something comes on the TV and you say to yourself : "Hey, how come my life ain't like that?"

Or maybe you're sittin' lookin' in a magazine, you see some pictures, some advertising, you says : "Man, I must really suck because my life sure ain't like that."

Did you ever feel that way ?
Yeah- Well, you wanna know why your life isn't like what you see on TV and in movies, in magazines and such, you wanna know why ?

'Cause that's all bullshit!

That's right- Don't you go believing movies and TV and rock videos and all that c___, come on, I mean-

All that is is somebody else's fantasy, you know what I'm sayin' to you ?
In fact, all it is is really more like a "Grand Illusion."

Welcome to the grand illusion
Come on in and see whats happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star.

But dont be fooled by the radio
The tv or the magazines
They show you photographs of how your life should be
But theyre just someone elses fantasy
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because you never win the game
Just remember that its a grand illusion
And deep inside were all the same.
Were all the same...

So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because your neighbors got it made
Just remember that its a grand illusion
And deep inside were all the same.
Were all the same...

America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition
Get yourself a brand new motor car
Someday soon well stop to ponder what on earths this spell were under
We made the grade and still we wonder who the hell we are

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