Lookouts - Living behind bars lyrics

rate me

My friends live in a bad part of town

And when I go to see them it always brings me down

Theres bars across their windows iron gates upon their door

And the whole neighborhood looks like the middle of a war

We crawl through the back streets in the dead of night

Windows rolled up and doors locked tight

Creep up the alley trying not to make a sound

Always looking round for what might be coming down

You know we havent got a nickel havent got a dime

Cant even get on welfare cause we havent got the time

To be pushed and pulled through those bureaucratic slots

And have our lives filed away in some plastic box

I dont know why it is

That people have to live like this

Gotta get out before its too late

Gotta get out whatever it takes

Because were living behind bars and we got no choice

Living behind bars and we got no voice

Living behind bars and we got to get away

On the other side of town theres a great big wall

Where the rich man lives hes afraid of it all

Hes worried about the people he might happen to meet

If he ever set foot out on the street

And the red lights flash and the sirens howl

And the burglar alarms ring and the guard dogs growl

Old lady fishing through a garbage can

but I still cant seem to understand

Why were living behind bars and its time to move

Living behind bars what have we got to lose

Living behind bars and we got to get away

Living behind bars it seems like we got missed

Living behind bars how did it come to this

Living behind bars and we got to get away

Living behind bars every night and day

Living behind bars we cant go on this way

Living behind bars and we got to get away