| He hit the dance hall round about mid-nine | |
| Gin and juice and he's a'feelin fine | |
| Come the morning all the sounds went up | |
| Police, The Man said the joint was shut | |
| All the brothers gettin' busted outside | |
| Undercover officer readin' them their rights | |
| "A one way ticket boy, you're prison bound." | |
| The night the lights in Dowlais went down, so | |
| How long we gotta wait until | |
| We get the keys to the mansion on the hill? | |
| The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... | |
| I want to know right now | |
| How long we gotta waste our time | |
| Boardin' a bus that's bound for the welfare line? | |
| The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... | |
| I want to know right now | |
| She shakes the blues off then she tries her luck | |
| Makes a little bet, hopes her horse comes up | |
| Pickin' pockets for some easy money | |
| 'Cause she blew the goddamn lot on the National Lottery | |
| Steals a paper to check the front page | |
| Headlines read "The dance hall can't be saved" | |
| How can they open up an opera house? | |
| On the night the lights in Dowlais went down, yeah | |
| So how long we gotta wait until | |
| We get the keys to the mansion on the hill? | |
| The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... | |
| I want to know right now | |
| How long we gotta waste our time | |
| Boardin' a bus that's bound for the welfare line? | |
| The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... | |
| I want to know right now | |
| I tell you now | |
| Tweak-freak Tony on the four-to-eight | |
| Special Branch sting, right time wrong place | |
| Columbian connections in the corridors of power | |
| Mean the man on the money ain't ever goin' down | |
| Lord Lucky takes his lady to the Magic Flute | |
| A little taste of toot and now he's bullet proof | |
| Tony tunes to underground radio | |
| On the night the lights in Dowlias went down, so | |
| How long we gotta wait until | |
| We get the keys to the mansion on the hill? | |
| The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... | |
| I want to know right now, I want to know right now | |
| How long we gotta waste our time | |
| Boardin' a bus that's bound for the welfare line? | |
| The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... | |
| I want to know right now, yeah sing it now! | |
| How long we gotta wait until | |
| We get the keys to the mansion on the hill? | |
| The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... | |
| I want to know right now | |
| How long we gotta waste our time | |
| Boardin' a bus that's bound for the welfare line? | |
| The meek ain't gonna inherit shh... | |
| I want to know right now |