Land Of The Rising Slum

<br>Show me a politician who`s a man we can trust<br>And if I ever meet him then I think I`ll have him stuffed<br>Look out of the window - see not one happy face<br>The only splash of colour`s the graffiti `round the place.<br><br>It`s hard to even crawl<br>With your back up against the wall.<br>I find it hard to sleep at night<br>I feel that the worst is yet to come<br>Social helter-skelter<br>Ride the downward spiral has begun.<br>Are some people just born bad<br>Or is it how we all become?<br>Human termites driven mad<br>In the concrete mound of the rising slum.<br><br>The people who are dark fear the people who are fair<br>And hippies live in terror of the guys who have no hair<br>The saddest thing of all - what I really find grim<br>Is we haven`t yet noticed what a mess we`re all in.<br><br>It`s hard to even crawl<br>Now your back`s up against the wall.<br>I find it hard to sleep at night<br>I feel that the worst is yet to come<br>Social helter-skelter<br>Ride the downward spiral has begun.<br>Are some people just born bad<br>Or is it how we all become?<br>Human termites driven mad<br>In the concrete mound of the rising slum.<br><br>The &quot;whether man&quot; says that the outlook`s not great<br>A few outbreaks of murder with some isolated rape<br>I ask my doctor his advice, this is what he says,<br>&quot;Get yourself some cancer boy, before you die of aids.&quot;<br><br>It`s hard to even crawl<br>With your back up against the wall.<br>I find it hard to sleep at night<br>I feel that the worst is yet to come<br>Social helter-skelter<br>Ride the downward spiral has begun.<br>Are some people just born bad<br>Or is it how we all become?<br>Human termites driven mad<br>In the concrete mound of the rising slum.