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there's a peddler a pusher standing on the cornerthere's a junky on the street with some crack to warm herdown and out in the city she's working as a hookerso the system took the freedom to overlook hershe don't exist that's made her feel the hateshe's just a victim of the world that we createshe didn't have a chance man she didn't want to do itbut she never got the choice so she just said screw itshe took it to the bottom just trying it allknowing that nobody even cared at alldon't deny her needs take a look at yourselfbefore you start talking 'bout anything elsesuch a wonderful world such a wonderful worldthere's a lower class family they're living in a viceyou know it ain't to bad but it sure ain't nicefour kids in a flat that was built for twocockroaches on the floor so what they gonna dorats in the cellar no water in the tapthe kids of today are growing up with this crapa sweet loving mother she does everything she cana father with a will he's a fighting manhe's lost his job and all the money's been spentso tell me anybody who's gonna pay the rentand you're all talking 'bout equalitythis whole fucking world is insanitysuch a wonderful world..... wonderful wonderfulmeanwhile in a suburb some fancy boulevardthere's a couple in a house with a dog on guard3 cars in the garage they keep everything insideafraid of the violence afraid to go outsidemoney ain't funny if you're afraid to use ityou grip it to hard when you're afraid to loose itworking as a lawyer in some upperclass areaalone at home his wife goes into hysteriaa gun under her pillow to tense to relaxto rich to face reality to scared to face the factsthey stick to what they got and they try to make it prettyhiding from the life that's going on down in the citysuch a wonderful world..... |
