Standing by the elevator
   Feeling gloomy and down
   Waiting for the flashing light
   To lift me up from the ground
   Then the elevator opened
   And I saw her standing there
   She had to be a young executive
   She looked so corporate and clean
   And I thought I'd seen her somewhere before
   On the cover of a magazine
   I didn't think she'd even look at me
   Or bother to glance my way
   But she actually smiled at me and said
   Hi-ya handsome, have a good day
  
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   I must be dreaming if she looks at me
   I gotta be dreaming, is it a fantasy
   Now I've got positive emotions
   Buzzing 'round every molecule in me
   I gotta be dreaming, is it reality
   But over and over I live that memory
   Was it real or only a dream
   La la la la
  
   Was it my imagination playing tricks on me
   When she looked my way
   Maybe she took me for somebody else
   Whatever it was, it made my day, hey hey
  
   I wake up in the morning
   Smiling with anticipation
   Suddenly I feel alive
   Face the world with expectation
   I must be dreaming this world is a better place
   Was my imagination playing tricks on me
   Was it real or only a dream?
   I see a great big sunset
   Where only clouds used to be
   Was it all an illusion, is it fantasy
   If it's just a dream
   It's good enough for me, yeah yeah
  
   Waiting by the elevator
   Feeling optimistic and keen
   Waiting for my executive goddess
   to appear as if in a dream
   Then the elevator opened
   She was talking to another guy
   And I tried to say hello to her
   But I failed to even catch her eye
   Then everybody crowded inside
   And I sadly stood my ground
   Thinking life's just like that elevator
   It takes you up and brings you down
  
   Chorus
  
   Was it only an illusion
   Was it real or only a dream
  
   Chorus