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Lyrics: Arthur Clarke
If my some miracle
A prophet could describe the future exactly as it was going to take place
His predictions would sound so absurd, so far fetched
That everybody would laugh him to scorn
This has proved to be true in the past
And it will undoubtedly be true, even more so, of the century to come
The only thing that can be sure about the future
Is that it will be absolutely fantastic
So, if what I say now seems to you to be very reasonable
Then I'll fail completely
Only if what I tell you appears to absolutely unbelievable
There'll be any chance of visualising the future
As it really will happen
Let's start by looking at a city of the future
(We meet in a special kind of space)
[Interlude: Arthur Clarke]
Some people think that it will be like this
And they're quite right
In fact, everything you see now already exists
All the materials, all the ideas
These things can be put into practice immediately
But what about the city of the day after tomorrow?
[Bridge: Arthur Clarke]
(The world's song is governed by exact number)
(We meet in a special kind of space)
[Outro]
But what about the city of the day after tomorrow?
Say, the year 2000
I think it will be completely different
In fact, it may not even exist at all
Oh, I'm not thinking the atom bomb and the next stone age
I'm thinking of the incredible breakthrough which has been made possible by developments of communication
Particularly, the transistor and above all, the communication satellite
These things will make possible a world which we can be in instant contact with each other, wherever we may be
Where we can contact our friends anywhere on Earth, even if we don't know their actual physical location
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