The Killing Time

I'm taking a trip to Espresso Square Through the streets damp with despair I see the man who thinks he's cool Who the hell is he trying to fool? And he turns to a girl who can't be heard She stands like a man and says the word It's getting closer and closer still As they all move in, in for he kill I go to the bar and I but a drink I search my feelings and I try to think Whatever happened to my tearful joy? Of all the times when I was just a boy No fate or fortune in this world But I still dream of what I'll never hold Wealth money power and greed Owning all he things I'll never need And there's tragedy in the news today Life seems to be the price that paid And heads will roll for the cock ups made And a Thousand people left feeling betrayed And I feel as if I'm not worth a dime I'm told you got yours and I got mine In a world diseased and riven with crime We're all moving toward the killing time And there's scandal in the news today Another politician's got himself laid With a cheap little tart on the game His loving wife left feeling betrayed And I feel as if I'm not worth a dime I'm told you got yours and I got mine In a world diseased and riven with crime We're all moving toward the killing time I sit in the corner alone with my thoughts Counting all the battles that I ever fought And I here my name and I turn my head And try to figure if I'd be better of dead And I look at the man with hatred in his eyes As he turns to strike me I just paralyse The pain grows greater and greater still As they all move in, in for the kill And there's sensation in the news today The country's falling into decay Our pathetic leaders looking so grey Leaving us all feeling betrayed And I feel as if I'm not worth a dime I'm told you got yours and I got mine In a world diseased and riven with crime We're all moving toward the killing time