"I've been looking for a way back in," Said the prostitute to the comedian "Things are gettin' too weird out here, There's too much pain and too much fear" So they busted down the prison gates But no one escaped Instead the inmates said, "Let us make you up a bed"
There's a clerk locked away somewhere That calculates the price you pay Some people like to sell their loves Just because they hear the prices of Everybody's gotta pay the man But not everyone can afford to pay in cash Oh, they often pay much more
(If you're beaten every day You won't feel a thing If you're lied to every day You won't hear a thing) Come on lover let us get away (if you're blinded every day) Before the sickness overtakes us (you won't see a thing) Come on lover let us get away (if you're beaten every day) Before the sickness overtakes us (you won't feel a thing) Come on lover let us get away (if you're lied to every day) Before this madness finally does us in (you won't hear a thing) Oh, let us get away, oh
"The price of kids is much too high," Said the leaders on the left and right "We don't like their music anyhow It's too damn fast and too fucking loud," So they aimed their forty million guns And, with a smile, they said. "You'd better run Oh, we're gonna count to ten One, ten"
(If you're beaten every day You won't feel a thing If you're lied to every day You won't hear a thing) Come on lover let us get away (if you're blinded every day) Before the sickness overtakes us (you won't see a thing) Come on lover let us get away (if you're beaten every day) Before the sickness overtakes us (you won't feel a thing) Come on lover let us get away (if you're lied to every day) Before this sickness overtakes us (you won't hear a thing) Come on lover let us get away (if you're blinded every day) Before this madness finally does us in (you won't see a thing) Oh, let us get away, oh