In this great city, you don't hear church bells ring,
Everybody dances, but nobody sings,
And in the winter there's never snow on the ground,
As I look out my window at the rivers of black, I wanna get out on the at highway and never come back,
I sit and wonder, "Has it all passed me by'"
Islands in the sky.

Skyscraper temples, way above the clouds, and a street-corner preacher shouting out loud,
Nobody listens and nobody cares, but everybody needs a dream,
Everybody needs and island in the sky.

Islands in the sky, islands in the sky,
Make a young boy's dreams, make an old man cry,
Islands in the sky,
Whoa, islands in the sky, oh.

Islands in the sky, islands in the sky,
Make a young boy's dreams, make an old man cry,
Islands in the sky,
Whoa, islands in the sky.

Someday I'll be there, I just don't know when,
It's so far away now, but it won't be then,
I don't know, I don't know,
Everybody needs a dream,
Everybody needs and island in the sky.

Islands in the sky, islands in the sky,
Make a young boy dream, make an old man cry,
Islands in the sky, islands in the sky,
Whoa.