What a Day That Was

[Verse 1] Well, I'm dressed up so nice And I'm doin' my best And I'm startin' over Startin' over in another place Let me tell you a story A big chief with a golden crown He's got rings on his fingers And then he walks up, up to the throne He's makin' shapes with his hands And don't you dare sit down Now don't you dare talk back And don't you dare stick out [Chorus] And on the first day, we had everything we could hold Ooh and then we let it fall And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do Ooh what a day that was [Verse 2] There are 50,000 beggars Roaming in the streets They have lost all their possessions They have nothing left to eat Down come the bolt of lightning Start an electrical storm Now come a chain reaction Go pull a fire alarm! I'm dreaming of a city It was my own invention I put the wheels in motion A time for big decisions [Chorus] And on the first day, there's was nothing else left inside Ooh what they were looking for And on the second day, I had everything I could stand Ooh what a day that was Ooh a day that was Ooh that's the way it goes There's a million ways to get things done Three's a million ways to make things work out [Verse 3] Well I'm going right through And the light came down Well they're roundin' 'em up From all over town They're movin' forward and back They're movin' backwards and front And they're enjoying themselves Moving in every direction And if you feel like you're in a whirlpool Feel like going home Feel like talking to someone Who knows the difference between right and wrong [Chorus] And on the first day, we had everything all in hand Ooh and then we let it fall And on the second day, there was nothing else we could hold Ooh what a day that was [Outro] We're goin' boom boom boom That's the way we live In a great big room That's the way we live We're goin' boom boom boom That's the way we live In a great big room That's the way we live We're goin' boom boom boom That's the way we live In a great big room That's the way we live