Bye-bye to Sleepytown

slow day, sitting at the corner like a wag on a cobbled wall
all i see is bums like me with nothing to do at all
fat fred, burger and bread - he's trying to stuff 'em inside his face
but the mot juste is soon produced to put him back in his place
sick of it all, i make a plan i call
‘bye-bye to sleepytown’

yes, too long the same old song has been repeating inside my head
and if i stay just one more day i do believe i'm gonna wake up dead
this place disgraces the universe
i don't belong here - there's too much wrong here, and i can see it getting worse
i've done what i could to try to make it good
but no dice, so bye-bye to sleepytown

  well give me the towers climbing high in the sky
  the biggest wigs and the brightest lights
  give me one never-ending night of joy
  oh let it be real, let me stay alive
  give me the wheel and just let me drive
  you won't believe how much i need to get away

amen to the prayer - you hear it everywhere, it says 'peace to men on earth'
but i'm sick of quiet - i wanna riot – give me what i deserve
no way can i stay in this sinking sand
if i acts oblivious to pax hominibus, you can understand
the more that it clings, the more i gotta get wings
to fly, so bye-bye to sleepytown

  well give me the power, give me the glory
  cue the hollywood end to the story
  never say never, no never say die
  oh let me believe in my favourite dream
  without a reprieve i will holler and scream
  blue murder - murder! - like you never heard a cry

i live for the day i give it all away and hit the road like i know i should
and if you follow me you know you're gonna see me turn life into something good
i lose my blues in a flash of light
when i see the old stuff turn to gold stuff - it's alchemy all right
but gold or blue, this is the time to do
or die, so bye-bye to sleepytown