Lyrics:

Chapman-Whitney

Well, the tenement was crowded so I went up to the roof on my own
And I looked down at the city, at the sidewalk, at the heart of the stone

People shouting buy me, people shouting sell me, got to get to a phone, yeah, yeah
People shouting buy me, people shouting sell me, got to get to a phone
Meanwhile breathing through the city, it come sneaking through the city
Breathing through the city comes a spine they call
Oh, decadence road, yeah

Well, I looked down at the faces going places, destination unknown
And the cars are just like mouses, little houses, scurrying here to and from

Ooh, with the city getting tighter and the energies are higher than norm, yeah yeah
Ooh, with the city getting tighter and the energies are higher than norm
They're slipping slowly down the guttering, slowly down the guttering, yeah
Slowly down the guttering, uttering
Oh, they're uttering now, mmm

Decadence code

And they're busting up the sidewalk, just so the government can widen the road, yeah
I said they're busting up the sidewalk so the government can widen the road
But the people singing quietly, singing oh so quietly
People singing quietly the hymn they call
Oh, the decadence code

Ah, little lady going homeward, even I can see she's stoned as a dope
While her gentleman walks slowly like he's holy or just given up hope

Ooh, gotta climb down off the roof now I just remembered got to get to a phone, yeah yeah
Gotta climb down off the roof, yeah, I just remembered got to get to a phone
Rejoin the choir getting higher, just people singing quiet
People singing quietly the hymn that they call, yeah

Oh, the people they're just singing, ooh, the decadence code, yeah

Oooh ...