Springfield's looking pretty dusty today
I see their dream coming undone
The view from inside ward nine affords this much
A town teeming with the unloved
Close the window and lock it so it's good and tight
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Turning eighteen and trying not to look too lost
-Have a not so nice day-
The jacket makes me straight so I can just sit back
and bake
You know I think I'm gonna stay
Talking very loud but no one hears a word I say
La la la la la la la la
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La la la la la la la la
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Come visit me tonight at eight o)clock and then you'll
see how I am not the crazy one
Voices tell me I'm the shit
Twenty days go by and everyday looks the same
La la la la la la la la
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I'm the shitProvince, state and country
The great divide has come
Ten percent shall prosper
To them the kingdom come
I can see trends behind trends
I can see
Jack has bought a business
Pete inherits home
Jill has got a trust fund
They've all been buying fun
I can see trends behind trends
I can see
Stay one jump ahead
Jack's alright he's a predator
He'll give you three good reasons that'll change your mind
1) You can't afford the B.U.P.A. health scheme
So when you get sick you're going to die
2) You can't afford to buy your own property
So when the rent goes up then you're on the street
3) You can't afford the bills and pills you need
You've got to get them cause they're going to get you
Anger is your friend now, resentment is the key
Patience as a virtue so be accessary
Or you can always be a victim
A victim of the circumstance if you like?
Stay one jump ahead
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Province, state and county
The great divide has come
Ten percent shall prosper
To them the kingdom come
I can see trends behind trends
I can see
Jack has bought a business
Pete inherits home
Jill has got a trust fund
They've all been buying fun
I can see trends behind trends
I can see
Stay one jump ahead
The Whitehouse played the game their own way
Their foreign policies gave me the shits
I didn't understand until I read
St. John's acoount of Apocalypse
American heroes Colonel Oliver North
Everybody says he was just doing his job
Arms for the hostages, it's plain to see
Why the very next day they bombed Tripoli
Terrorists were everywhere
Blowing Greenpeace ships right in the air
Wall Street crashed and the hurricane
Tore the trees from their roots, derailed the trains
London twon ground to a halt