Is the first day of spring, with clean air in the wind
And everything is like it should have been
The roads are jammed up with lorry's and cars
And I'm standing in the street, with my hand upon my heart
This is the place that I used to know
But it's been locked away and put up for show
I'm all alone in the middle of a crowd
I open my mouth, and scream a silent shout
I jumped out of bed, had my first cigarette
It made my body feels sick, but helped my mind relax
The cranes are moving on the skyline and the water is dripping from the kitchen tap
These times they are a change'in but I'm being left behind, everybody's running trying to catch up with their lives
The hypocrites on the television screen are trying to disguise what they really mean
They say things are getting better, when we know they're getting worse
While they're buying bigger guns, from a shrinking purse
The stink and sweat, and the flesh and bones have been replaced, and are being sold
Not for melting down for pillows and salt
But there is a draft to stop us to keep up the cold
I jumped out of bed, had my first cigarette
It made my body feels sick, but helped my mind relax
The cranes are moving on the skyline and the water is dripping from the kitchen tap
These times they are a change'in but I'm being left behind, everybody's running trying to catch up with their lives
the cranes are moving in the twilight and the water is dripping from the kitchen tap
And everything is like it should have been
The roads are jammed up with lorry's and cars
And I'm standing in the street, with my hand upon my heart
This is the place that I used to know
But it's been locked away and put up for show
I'm all alone in the middle of a crowd
I open my mouth, and scream a silent shout
I jumped out of bed, had my first cigarette
It made my body feels sick, but helped my mind relax
The cranes are moving on the skyline and the water is dripping from the kitchen tap
These times they are a change'in but I'm being left behind, everybody's running trying to catch up with their lives
The hypocrites on the television screen are trying to disguise what they really mean
They say things are getting better, when we know they're getting worse
While they're buying bigger guns, from a shrinking purse
The stink and sweat, and the flesh and bones have been replaced, and are being sold
Not for melting down for pillows and salt
But there is a draft to stop us to keep up the cold
I jumped out of bed, had my first cigarette
It made my body feels sick, but helped my mind relax
The cranes are moving on the skyline and the water is dripping from the kitchen tap
These times they are a change'in but I'm being left behind, everybody's running trying to catch up with their lives
the cranes are moving in the twilight and the water is dripping from the kitchen tap