In a Shanghai Noodle Factr'y Place where I once used to be Nowhere doing nothing People there were made of steel Tiny cogs in one big wheel Turning never learning Had to make a break And soon I had to wake up Feeling stronger, feeling stronger On my island of dreams With impossible schemes In a Shanghai Noodle Factr'y Place where I once used to be Nowhere doing nothing People there were made of cans Packed like roosters in a pen Crowing, never knowing Had to make a break I knew I couldn't fake it any longer Everything just aches Soon I'd have to wake up Feeling stronger, feeling stronger On my island of dreams With impossible schemes In a Shanghai Noodle Factr'y Place where I once used to be Nowhere doing nothing Nowhere doing nothing Nowhere doing nothing Nowhere doing nothing Nowhere Had to make a break I knew I couldn't fake it any longer Everything just aches Soon I'd have to wake up Feeling stronger, feeling stronger On my island of dreams With impossible schemes