In a Shanghai noodle factorynPlace where I once used to benNo where doing nothingnPeople there were made of steelnTiny cogs in one big wheelnTurning never learningnnHad to make a breaknSoon I had to wake up feeling stronger, feeling strongernOn my island of dreams, with impossible schemesnnIn a Shanghai noodle factorynPlace where I once used to benNo where doing nothingnVillagers were plastic mennPacked like roosters in a pennCrowing, never knowingnnHad to make a breaknKnew I couldn't fake it any longernEverything just achesnSoon I'd have to wake up feeling stronger, feeling strongernOn my island of dreams, with impossible schemes