Cage People

High above the streets of a big city Hidden far from the truth Lies a dark and dismal place Inhumanity Wall lizards Lice and rats Cockroaches Modern livin' Stacked inside rooms where no one sees Live the cage people Some twenty to a room, a dark secret Welcome to Hong Kong Yan Chi Leung is mentally ill Residing in a wire cage Housed in the bottom of a stack of three Considers himself lucky Wall lizards Lice and rats Cockroaches Modern livin' Tai Lun Po seventy nine Has lived here for thirty years Shares his toilet with nineteen more Choking back the tears Greedy - Landlords - Exchange - Greenbacks While their - Tenants - Live in - Squalor Rabbit - Hutches - Full of - Misery Human - Crisis - Twisted - City Tens of thousands living in squalor Officials look the other way Alternative is life on the streets No other place to stay Wall lizards Lice and rats Cockroaches Modern livin' Uncomfortable they cannot sleep Appallingly cramped and fetid One cage dweller told the Asia Times Life here is morbid Greedy - Landlords - Exchange - Greenbacks While their - Tenants - Live in - Squalor Rabbit - Hutches - Full of - Misery Human - Crisis - Twisted - City