Rat Trap - The Boomtown Rats.mp3

[00:33.30]There was a lot of rockn' going on that night
[00:36.99]Cruising time for the young bright lights
[00:40.26]Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door
[00:43.35]The five lamp boys were coming on strong
[00:46.95]The Saturday night city beat had already started and
[00:50.61]The pulse of the corner boys sprang into action
[00:54.57]And young
[00:54.87]Billy watched it all under the yellow street light
[00:57.33]And said "tonight, of all nights, there's gonna be a fight"
[01:04.74]Billy don't like it living here in this town
[01:07.56]He says the traps have been sprung long before he was born
[01:11.04]He says "hope bites the dust behind all the closed doors And puss and grime ooze from its scab crusted sores There's screaming and crying in the high rise blocks"
[01:21.21]It's a rat trap,
[01:22.80]Billy, but you're already caught
[01:24.99]But you can make it if you wanna or you need it bad enough
[01:28.50]You're young and good looking and you're acting kind of tough
[01:31.62]Anyway, it's
[01:32.28]Saturday night, time to see what's going down
[01:34.98]Put on the bright suit,
[01:36.87]Billy, head for the right side of town
[01:38.88]It's only 8 o'clock, but you're already bored
[01:41.97]You don't know what it is, but there's got to be more
[01:45.21]You'd better find a way out, hey, kick down the door
[01:48.96]It's a rat trap and you've been caught
[01:52.98]In this town,
[02:00.45]Billy says, "everybody's tryin' to tell you what to do"
[02:06.45]In this town,
[02:07.20]Billy says, "everybody says you gotta follow rules"
[02:13.08]You walk up to the traffic lights,
[02:14.70]Switch from your left to right
[02:16.20]You push in that button, and that button comes alight
[02:19.44]It tells you "Walk, don't walk Talk, don't talk"
[02:38.61]Hey Billy take a walk...with me
[02:46.41]Do you want that misery
[02:51.66]Sweethearts run free
[03:13.86]Little Judy's trying to watch "Top of the Pops"
[03:17.01]But mum and dad are fighting don't they ever stop
[03:20.37]She takes off her coat and walks out to the street
[03:23.88]It's cold on that road, but it's got that home beat
[03:27.18]Deep down in her pockets she finds 50p
[03:32.07]Hey, 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"
[03:47.73]Her mind's made up, she walks down the road
[03:51.03]Her hands in her pockets, coat buttoned 'gainst the cold
[03:54.39]She finally finds
[03:55.41]Billy down at the
[03:56.25]Italian cafe
[03:57.45]And when he's drunk it's hard to understand what
[03:59.82]Billy says
[04:00.63]But then he mumbles in his coffee and suddenly roars "It's a rat trap Judy, and we've been caught"