[Intro]
Wake-up
Wake-up, wake-up
Signs tell the time
You're wasting

Wake up
Wake-up, wake-up
Life you will find
Is changing

[A1]
O the city life
Endless confusion
Hanging on too tight
To this illusion

[B1]
I'm not what I appear to be
I couldn't take the honesty
It seemed to be
Too easy for reality

[A2]
O the city life
What have I come to?
Faces in the night
Friendly to fool you
[B2]
I always try to justify
The way I am and wonder why
I couldn't be
The same to you I am to me

[Break]
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up
Wake up

[Unison saxophone and guitar solo: Mel Collins and Andrew Latimer]

[B3]
I'm not what I appear to be
I couldn't take the honesty
It seemed to be
Too easy for reality

[Outro]
Oh, the city life
(Picks you up, lets you down)
Oh, the city life
City life