HOSPITALS ARE CLOSING.
HOW MUCH MORE CAN PEOPLE TAKE?
THOUSANDS GROWING HUNGRY
WHILE THEIR WRETCHED BODIES ACHE.
THE POOR, WHO HAVE NO BREAD TO EAT
ARE TOLD TO GO EAT CAKE.
THEY'RE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CRACKS.
REFRAIN: WE'LL HARASS THE POWER BLACKJACKS! (X 3)
FOR THOSE BETWEEN THE CRACKS
SINGLE MOMS ARE IN THEIR PRIME,
SO CHASTE THEY CANNOT BE.
THEY NEED A LITTLE COMPANY
TO KEEP THEIR SANITY.
SO LIES BECOME SURVIVAL SKILLS
TO USE WITH BITTER PILLS
THEY'RE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CRACKS.
HIST'RY WILL REMEMBER THIS
AS WHEN THE BUBBLE BURST.
IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, THEY'LL SAY
AND ALSO WAS THE WORST.
THEY STORMED THE LEGISLATURE
'CAUSE THE PEOPLE WERE ACCURST
AND CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CRACKS.
© 1996 Doreen Lankshear-Smith