After the Overture, this song opened the show and introduced the main character, Joe Public.  On one night Gareth Walton, the actor playing Joe, didn't realise that his radio microphone had been turned off after the sound check.  He was very surprised when Geoff appeared beside him to turn it on between verses 1 and 2.

Verse 1
Can I be dreaming
Is this just make believing
Can someone tell me is this false or true
This situation is beyond explanation
Will someone tell me please what I should do
Alone and helpless in this world of fear
Tell me where did we go wrong
Please tell the world I want to disappear
I need a way out from the throng
So long

Verse 2
Can I be dreaming
Or are things as they're seeming
Is this real or just a fantasy
And are you seeing just what I am seeing
Does it appear as it appears to me
And are you feeling what I think I feel
As the fantasy unfolds
And read the hand of cards that life will deal
Telling stories to be told
So cold

Middle Eight
Why can't they see I only looking for escape
Release from this world of loneliness
To a more attractive place

Verse 3
But if I’m dreaming 
And it's all just make believing
Why does this all seem so real to me
Imagination is their explanation
Does it explain how it seems to be
My life is more than just a day time dream
Inspired by movies on TV
Much more than comic books and fantasy
That's how it always seems to be
To me
 

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