The The — Flesh & Bones

It's the first day of spring With clean air in the wind And everything is just like it should be The roads are jammed up with lorries and cars And i'm standing in the street with my hand upon my heart This is the place that i used to know But its been wiped away and put up for show I'm all alone in the middle of a crowd I open my mouth and scream a silent shout I jumped out of bed had my first cigarette It made my body feel sick but helped my mind relax The cranes are moving on the skyline And the water is dripping from the kitchen tap These times they are a changing But i'm beeing left behind Everybody's running, trying to catch up their lives The hypocrites on the television screens Are trying to disguise what they really mean They say things are getting' better When we know they gettin' worse While they're buying bigger guns From a shrinking purse The stink and sweat and the flesh and bones Have been replaced and are being sold Not for melting down for pills and soap But as draught stoppers to keep out the cold I jumped out of bed had my first cigarette It made my body feel sick but helped my mind relax The cranes are moving in the twilight And the water is dripping from the kitchen tap These times they are a changing But i'm beeing left behind Everybody's running, trying to catch up their lives