Starved in metropolis Hooked on necropolis Addict of Metropolis Do the worm on the accropolis Slamdance cosmopolis Enlighten the populace
Hungry darkness of living Who will thirst in the pit? Hooked in necropolis She spent a lifetime deciding How to run from it Addicts of metropolis Once fate had a witness And the years seemed like friends Girlfriends Now her child has a dream But it begins like it ends
Shot in eternity Methadone kitty Iron serenity
CHORUS Ghetto defendant It is heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city
Strung out committee
Walled out of the city Clubbed down from uptown Sprayed pest from the nest Run out to barrio town The guards are itchy Forced to watch at the feast Then sweep up the night Flipped pieces of coin Broken bottles Exchanged for birthright Grafted in a jiffy
Ghetto defendant It is heroin pity Strung out committee Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city Not sitting pretty Heroin pity Grafted in a jiffy
The ghetto prince of gutter poets Was bounced out of the room Jeune arthur rimbaud
By the bodyguards of greed For disturbing the tomb 1873 his words like flamethrowers Paris commune Burnt the ghettos in their chests His face painted whiter Then he was laid to rest Died in marseille
Ghetto defendant Buried in charleville It is heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city Shut up in eternity
Guatemala Honduras Poland 100 years war TV re-run invasion Death squad Salvador Afghanistan Meditation Old Chinese flu Kick junk What else Can a poor worker do?