Show me a politician who's a man we can trust

And if I ever meet him then I think I'll have him stuffed

Look out of the window - see not one happy face

The only splash of colour's the graffiti 'round the place.



It's hard to even crawl

With your back up against the wall.

I find it hard to sleep at night

I feel that the worst is yet to come

Social helter-skelter

Ride the downward spiral has begun.

Are some people just born bad

Or is it how we all become?

Human termites driven mad

In the concrete mound of the rising slum.



The people who are dark fear the people who are fair

And hippies live in terror of the guys who have no hair

The saddest thing of all - what I really find grim

Is we haven't yet noticed what a mess we're all in.



It's hard to even crawl

Now your back's up against the wall.

I find it hard to sleep at night

I feel that the worst is yet to come

Social helter-skelter

Ride the downward spiral has begun.

Are some people just born bad

Or is it how we all become?

Human termites driven mad

In the concrete mound of the rising slum.



The "whether man" says that the outlook's not great

A few outbreaks of murder with some isolated rape

I ask my doctor his advice, this is what he says,

"Get yourself some cancer boy, before you die of aids."



It's hard to even crawl

With your back up against the wall.

I find it hard to sleep at night

I feel that the worst is yet to come

Social helter-skelter

Ride the downward spiral has begun.

Are some people just born bad

Or is it how we all become?

Human termites driven mad

In the concrete mound of the rising slum