When it all comes down the line
And the lights they turn to greed
And you race off with your tyres screaming
Rolling thunder

And the people choke with poison,
Children cry in fear
But you've got your fast bullet,
One way ticket outta here
 
Fall on your knees today
And pray the world will mend its ways
Get to your feet again
Refugees from the heartbreak and the pain
 
In the cities in the streets
There's a tension you can feel
The breaking strain is fast approaching
Guns and riots

Politicians gamble 
And lie to save their skins
And the press get fed the scapegoats
Public enema number one
 
Fall on your knees today
And pray the world will mend its ways
Get to your feet again
Refugees from the heartbreak and the pain
 
A million network slaves
In an advertising new age
I don't need a crystal ball to sell ya

Your children have more brains
Than your drug infested remains
California dreaming, 
As the earth dies screaming
 
Fall on your knees today
And pray the world will mend its ways
Get to your feet again
Refugees from the heartbreak, oh

Fall on your knees today
And pray the world will mend its ways
Get to your feet again
Refugees from the heartbreak and the pain