Babe they say that this world
Is better than the last
I wouldn't know
I have no way of living in the past
Where once there was a garden the streets
Have overflowed
From the Golden Gates to the East Block states
You can hear creation groan
If there is a shining beacon out
Across the amber waves
It lies hidden on the teeming shores
Beneath the burned-out Chevrolets
And the eyes that scattered high-rise
Hope across the fruited plain
See TVs glowing in the projects
Through the greasy windowpane
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a long way down
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a long way to fall
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a long way down
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a big world after all
Purple mountains' majesty has ratings that are poor
History bows to coverage moderation bows to more
Far side of the ocean is the far side of the tracks
All God's children learn to build
And learn to watch their backs
There are felons out in the prison yard
Imagining their release
And the free thank God for the atom bomb
The keeper of the peace
Another day
Another chance to curse away the doubt
Another night
Another thousand points of light go out
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a long way down
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a long way to fall
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a long way down
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a big world after all
Hypnotised and shuttled in the limousine of hate
Watching the scenery shatter
In the brittle jaws of fate
Well baby I'm just another fare;
I don't make the rules
I'd break them
If I thought it would do you some good
Well the diggers and the bankers
And the architects and fools got to work
You can't stop them with bitter tears
And golden rules
It's a race to stay alive
Baby it's lawyers tax and steel
Til the life that you are living
Is the thing you never feel
Babe they say that this world
Is better than the last
I wouldn't know
I have no way of living in the past
Where once there was a garden oh
The streets have overflowed
From the Golden Gate to the East Block state
You can hear creation groan
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a long way down
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a long way to fall
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a long way down
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a big world after all
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a long way down
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a long way to fall
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a long way down
Baby it's a long
Baby it's a big world after all
