Chicago Institute (peter Thomas/mann/flett) Lyrics - Manfred Mann

Way back there an explosion of hope 

Hit out hard in a furnace of steel 

I thought life was a fire 

I thought life was a high time 

(I thought life was a fire) 

I thought life was a symbol 

(I thought life was for livin) 

I thought life was for livin 

(I thought life was a symbol) 

I thought life was a fire 

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There's an institute in Chicago 

With a room full of machines 

And they live this side of the sunrise 

And burn away your dreams 

Once you fly to Chicago - In Chicago you will die 

When that institute in Chicago has recorded you and I 

There's an empty house in California 

But they'll always let you in 

And they'll make you feel oh so easy 

Like you never learned to sin 

Oh yeah that's how they made it how they made it seem so clean 

Yes that empty house in California is our brave new world's machine 

At the institute in Chicago from the first day you were born 

Oh they just can't tell what your feelin' 

And they can't see how you're torn 

When your name's just a number - just a number you will die 

Cos that institute in Chicago never knew you were alive 

Photos 

Way back there a reflection of me 

Turned my head in a circle of time 

I thought life was for (livin) 

I thought life was a (high time) 

I thought life was a (fire) 

I thought life was a (symbol)