Breakdown

What goes up - must come down What goes up - must come down What goes up - must come down What goes up - must come down The police had to cordon off the library And going to church was compulsory And the vicar conducted his sermon With the aid of a double-barrelled shotgun Stumbling towards martial law Soldiers knock at your front door The lollipop ladies are giving out guns A hundred politicians were killed last night! Breakdown Breakdown What goes up - must come down Breakdown Breakdown What goes up - must come down No-one can stop the looting mobs Shopkeepers can only watch and sob "Stay Indoors!" the broadcast says Forget about all those pension plans And the generals have killed the queen But can't control their militant ranks First, we had just martial law Now we've got full-scale civil war! Breakdown Breakdown What goes up - must come down Breakdown Breakdown What goes up - must come down Break it down now Breakdown, Breakdown, Breakdown, Breakdown Breakdown! Breakdown! Breakdown! Breakdown! Everyone has gone on strike The Western World says goodnight And the milkmen deliver petrol and pop Instead of the usual Gold Top Nuclear reactors overheat Yet more killings in the street All around the world it's said Civilization is finally dead Breakdown Breakdown What goes up - must come down Breakdown Breakdown What goes up - must come down Breakdown Breakdown What goes up - must come down Breakdown Breakdown What goes up - must come down