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)