Nightmares, oh nightmares come on now

Getting my days all wrong now

Risen from prison an outlaw

Spending our time in the lion's jaw

In the end you sink or swim, I'm eager, I'm eager



Loving, more loving, come on now

Socially biting your tongue now

Run down, oh run down old houses

Feeding the cats to the mouses



Oh take aim now, oh take aim now

Can you see me in the way now?

Oh take aim now, oh take aim now

Gotta get us out of here



Drop them and give them star prizes

Lock them away in high rises

Held off and called on by truncheons

Rattling keys to the dungeons



Oh take aim now, oh take aim now

Can you see me in the way now?

Oh take aim now, oh take aim now

Gotta get us out of here



Don't take me over

I bid you all farewell, I've got to leave

Tears on my shovel

Switch me off today



Oh take aim now, oh take aim now

Can you see me in the way now?

Oh take aim now, oh take aim now

Gotta get us out of here



Oh take aim now, oh take aim now

Can you see me in the way now?

Oh take aim now, oh take aim now

Gotta get us out of here



Don't take me over

I bid you all farewell, I've got to leave