Once upon a time when we imagined Many years ago when time was young What kind of magic did we see there? Only Heaven knows Not so long ago, there was a small town Suddenly, a star began to grow And if you look up in the sky It's high rise The trees began to disappear Department stores were born And let me tell you something, dear There's escalators everywhere Metropolis, Metropolis, you just had to be Metropolis, Metropolis, a page in history Metropolis, oh, what a curse, oh, what a buzz in the city Metropolis, just look what you've done to me The night is ablaze with the glory Another page burns with the dawn Sunset days from my hometown Have long been gone The beggar lies down with the rich man Together, they dream in the past And if you walk a rich girl down the street It's high class They've got her name inside a bank A memory concern Where people play the numbers game With calculators everywhere Metropolis, Metropolis, you just had to be Metropolis, Metropolis, a page in history Metropolis, oh, what a curse, oh, what a buzz in the city Metropolis, just look what you've done to me Not so long ago, there was a small town Suddenly, a star began to grow And if you look up high into the sky It's high rise The trees began to disappear Department stores were born And let me tell you something, dear There's escalators everywhere Metropolis, Metropolis, you just had to be Metropolis, Metropolis, a page in history Metropolis, oh, what a curse, oh, what a buzz in the city Metropolis, just look what you've done Metropolis, Metropolis, you just had to be Metropolis, Metropolis, a page in history Metropolis, Metropolis, you just had to be Metropolis, Metropolis, just look what you've done Look what you've done to me