This city's burning out of control
The heat is rising and bustin' through
The flames are creeping higher and higher
You stand too close and you'll catch on fire
You got me jobs so you hang around
And stand on the corner and spit on the ground
One foot in the gutter and one in the street
One more step and you're a piece of meat
And if you could get out you know you'd go
'Cause you feel like a sewer rat stuck in a hole
Nowhere to run to, nowhere to go
As you cry from the heart and fire in this soul
What can you do when you're stuck in a box
The doors are barred with double locks
The walls push in, your neck's in a noose
You have the strength 'cause you have to break loose
If you could get out you know you'd go
'Cause you feel like a sewer rat stuck in a hole
Nowhere to run to, nowhere to go
As you cry from the heart and fire in this soul
Fire in this soul
Fire in this soul
Sleeze on the sidewalk and trash in the can
The city knows how to break a man
One way street, nowhere to turn
You light the fire and watch it burn
If you could get out you know you'd go
'Cause you feel like a sewer rat stuck in a hole
Nowhere to run to, nowhere to go
As you cry from the heart and fire in this soul
Fire in this soul