well i ve walked these streets a virtual stage it seemed to me makeup on their faces actors took their places next to me well i ve walked these streets in a carnival of sights to see all the cheap thrill seekers the vendors and the dealers they crowded around me have i been blind have i been lost inside myself and my own mind hypnotized mesmerized by what my eyes have seen well i ve walked these streets in a spectacle of wealth and poverty in the diamond market the scarlet welcome carpet that they just rolled out for me and i ve walked these streets in the madhouse asylum they can be where a wild eyed misfit prophet on a traffic island stopped and he raved of saving me have i been blind have i been lost inside myself and my own mind hypnotized mesmerized by what my eyes have seen have i been wrong have i been wise to shut my eyes and play along hypnotized paralyzed by what my eyes have found by what my eyes have seen what they have seen have i been blind have i been lost have i been wrong have i been wise have i been strong have i been hypnotized mesmerized by what my eyes have found in that great street carnival have i been blind have i been lost have i been wrong have i been wise have i been strong have i been hypnotized mesmerized by what my eyes have found in that great street carnival in that carnival4