Welcome to the grand illusion

Come on in and see what's happening

Pay the price, get your tickets for the show

The stage is set, the band starts playing

Suddenly your heart is pounding

You're wishing secretly you were a star But don't be fooled by the radio

The TV or the magazines

They'll show you photographs of how your life should be

But they're just someone else's fantasies

So if you think your life is complete confusion

'Cause you never win the game

Just remember that it's a grand illusion

And deep inside we're all the same

We're all the same So if you think your life is complete confusion

Because your neighbor's got it made

Just remember that it's a grand illusion

And deep inside we're all the same America spells competition

Join us in our blind ambition

Get yourself a brand new motorcar

Someday soon we'll stop to ponder

What on earth's this spell we're under

We made the grade and still we wonder

Who the hell we are