Lights Out

Don't look to the skies

All you see are black clouds that cry

Broken apart by occasional falling bombs

When the lights go out

Don't walk these streets

They're ridden with filth and teeming with shattered belief

You'll become a victim of a senseless crime

When the lights go out

Don't get used to this house

Brick by brick it'll come falling down

You'll find yourself stood amongst it all

When the lights go out

When the lights go out

It's beyond this town

Beyond the city

Beyond the border of belief

The headlines might as well say

"You better read it and weep"

Don't burn your minimum wage

You can't drawer from a well that's empty

It might be full now but it won't be for long

When the lights go out

So, don't you be and awful sinner

Save all your money for the coming winter

You should know by now that it's for your own good

When the lights go out

When the lights go out

It's beyond this town

Beyond the city

Beyond the border of belief

The headlines might as well say

"You better read it and weep"

Beyond this town

Beyond the city

Beyond the border of belief

The headlines might as well say

"You better read it and