Collapsing Cities

There was a one-bedroom flat at the top of the road With fresh running water and a built-in commode And there were kids on their porches with fags lit like torches I thought this will do for me So we crammed in the back dancing ten to the foot As the smoke filled the air we were misunderstood And the beats kept dropping the foundations like bombs Oh, we knew that it couldn't be long And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine There was a five-bedroom house by the foot of the field With a well-mannered dweller quite substantial in build And there were barbwire fences and piles of expenses And lawns mown impressively As they sat in the back, and they started to eat Raise a glass to the host and his prosperity Though the corks kept popping, and they struck up the band The foundations seemed sunk in the sand And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody got out alive And though the building collapsed with the night Everybody's doing fine