Hear the guns and the distant thunder,

I can't go out there.



So detached from the ache and the hunger,



afraid to care.







Don't know it when the sun goes down.



I read it that the world spins 'round...







Here in The Big House



We're living in "Panavision",



We got a city we call Avalon.



Here in The Big House,



We got a subdivision



where it is burning like the Amazon.







Fifty-two little states in a jumble,



nowhere to run.



Got to fight to survive in the jungle,



My head is numb.







We were looking for a better life,



Still hoping it will turn out right...







Here in The Big House



We're living in "Panavision",



We got a city we call Avalon.



Here in The Big House,



We got a subdivision



where it is burning like the Amazon.