we don't ask for a lot but we get even less 
dirty child playing in a rubbish dump dress 
rich in heart but poor in practice 
always last in your perfect rat race 
always last in your perfect rat race 
please kind sir spare a tuppence for me 
this isn't a cry for sympathy 
homeland wasteland desecrated trashcans 
disgust and hatred smile on your face 
cos we're always last in your perfect rat race 

sorry sights statutory rights 
all go with the same old way of life 
sticks and stones rags and bones 
all the trouble and the strife 

don't want to think about it 
don't want to talk about it 
no need to know about it 
problem solved 

don't want to think about it 
don't want to talk about it 
no need to know about it 
problem solved 

long lost outcast society 
of people who ain't free to be free 
tell stories of the things we've seen 
disgust your children with obscenities 
of the tales of all the places that we've been