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 round   As I look out my window at the rivers of black   I wanna get out on the at highway and never come back   I set and wonder, has it all passed me by   Islands in the sky      Skyscraper temples way above the clouds   And a streetcorner preacher, shoutin' out loud   Nobody listens, and nobody cares   But everybody needs a dream   Everybody needs and island in the sky      Chorus:   Islands in the sky, Islands in the sky   Make a young boy's dreams, make an old man cry   Islands in the sky, Islands in the sky      (Repeat Chorus)      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   But everybody needs a dream   Everybody needs and island in the sky      (Repeat Chorus)