There was a lot of rockn' going on that night 
Cruising time for the young bright lights 
Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door 
The five lamp boys were coming on strong 
The Saturday night city beat had already started and 
The pulse of the corner boys sprang into action 
And young 
Billy watched it all under the yellow street light 
And said "tonight, of all nights, there's gonna be a fight" 
Billy don't like it living here in this town 
He says the traps have been sprung long before he was born 
He says "hope bites the dust behind all the closed doors And puss and grime ooze from its scab crusted sores There's screaming and crying in the high rise blocks" 
It's a rat trap, 
Billy, but you're already caught 
But you can make it if you wanna or you need it bad enough 
You're young and good looking and you're acting kind of tough 
Anyway, it's 
Saturday night, time to see what's going down 
Put on the bright suit, 
Billy, head for the right side of town 
It's only 8 o'clock, but you're already bored 
You don't know what it is, but there's got to be more 
You'd better find a way out, hey, kick down the door 
It's a rat trap and you've been caught 
In this town, 
Billy says, "everybody's tryin' to tell you what to do" 
In this town, 
Billy says, "everybody says you gotta follow rules" 
You walk up to the traffic lights, 
Switch from your left to right 
You push in that button, and that button comes alight 
It tells you "Walk, don't walk Talk, don't talk" 
Hey Billy take a walk...with me 
Do you want that misery 
Sweethearts run free 
Little Judy's trying to watch "Top of the Pops" 
But mum and dad are fighting don't they ever stop 
She takes off her coat and walks out to the street 
It's cold on that road, but it's got that home beat 
Deep down in her pockets she finds 50p 
Hey, is that any way for a young girl to be "I'm gonna get out of school, work in a silk factory Work all the hours God gave me, get myself a little easy money now, now, now" 
Her mind's made up, she walks down the road 
Her hands in her pockets, coat buttoned 'gainst the cold 
She finally finds 
Billy down at the 
Italian cafe 
And when he's drunk it's hard to understand what 
Billy says 
But then he mumbles in his coffee and suddenly roars "It's a rat trap Judy, and we've been caught"