Rat Trap
Boomtown Rats

There was a... Lot of rocking going on that night,

Cruising time for the young bright lights,

Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door,

The five lamp boys were coming on strong.

The Saturday night city beat had already started

The pulse of the corner boys sprang into action

And young Billy watched it all under the yellow street light

And said tonight of all nights there's gonna be a fight

Billy don't like it living here in this town

He says the traps have been sprung long before he was born

He says hope bites the dust behind all the closed doors

And pus and grime ooze from it's scab crusted sores.

There's screaming and crying in the high rise blocks

It's a rat trap Billy but you're already caught

But you can make it if you want to or you need it bad enough

You're young and good looking and you're acting kind of tough

Anyway it's Saturday night time to see what's going down.

Put on the bright suit Billy, head for the right side of town

It's only 8 o'clock but you're already bored

You don't know what it is but there's got to be more

You'd better find a way out, hey kick down the door

It's a rat trap and you've been caught

In this town Billy says everybody tries to tell you what to do

In this town Billy says everybody says you gotta follow rules.

You walk up to those traffic lights,

Switch from your left to right

You push in that button, and when that button comes alight

It tells you

Walk don't walk

Talk don't talk

Hey Billy take a walk... With me.

Little Judy's trying to watch top of the pops

But mum and dad are fighting don't they ever stop,

She take down her coat and walks out on the street,

It's cold on that road, but it's got that home beat,

Deep down in her pockets she finds 50p.,

Now is that any way for a young girl to be,

I'm gonna get out of school work in a silk factory,

Work all the hours God gave me get myself a little easy money

Now, now, now na na.

Her mind's made up, she walks down the road,

Her hands in her pockets, coat buttoned 'gainst the cold,

She finds Billy down at the Italion cafe

And when he's drunk it's hard to understand what Billy says

But then he mumbles in his coffee and suddenly roars,

It's a rat trap Judy; and we've been caught...

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