It's so dangerous just to live for a day When will the party begin? Everybody's hesitating Stretching their bows... aiming their arrows... The Bell rings, and the guests come filling in Beneath the clock, and the Party begins... Oh, My God! The broken-hearted parade The boys coming home from the war They learned to forget so much They used to know a whole lot more But can't afford to live in that part of town no more They boarded up all the doors! We were in love when we raised our sails in the air And now we come home, and it hurts just to breathe around here Now look in my eyes, you see the blade's about to come down 'Cause boy I ain't your father no more So don't come around Oh, My God! Oh, My God! Fire, flood, and Hell to pay for a long time I cut it and ran away onto the downtown wire The World's Whip raised in the air, my home is below... Oh, My God! Oh, My God!