King:
Wherever you may go, whatever you may do
Anything can happen
Some darker sky may fall on you
However much you try to lead a careful life
There's always something waiting
Some twist of fate that takes you by surprise
When crime is all around us, and evil stalks the land
Never underestimate the treachery of man
There comes a time in every life
When we should take a stand
And choose to make a secondary plan
Chorus:
When crime is all around us and evil stalks the land
Never underestimate the treachery of man
King & Chrous:
A method of survival – escape should be at hand
So always be prepared with a
Secondary tertiary, quaternary plan
King:
As you crawl through the years in confusion
Keep your cards a mystery till the end
Every problem that is sent, is a new development
And strategy demands a new defence
A friend in every town or each country
Is a blessing you may need in retreat
When your path is strewn with the hordes of doom
You may still snatch a victory from defeat
When crime is all around us and evil stalks the land
Never underestimate the treachery of man
There comes a time in every life
When we should take a stand
And choose to make a secondary plan
Chorus:
When crime is all around us and evil stalks the land
Never underestimate the treachery of man
King & Chrous:
A method of survival – escape should be at hand
So always be prepared with a
Secondary tertiary, quaternary plan
King:
So the battle you must fight demands an army
And no-one in the world stands by your side
You could test your reliance, on a cry of defiance
But a wiser man would surely choose to hide
When the door slams shut in the prison
With the hangman's noose flying high
Amelia:
It is good to believe, there's an ace up your sleeve
King & Amelia:
And a method of escape is standing by
When crime is all around us and evil stalks the land
Never underestimate the treachery of man
There comes a time in every life
When we should take a stand
And choose to make a secondary plan
Chorus:
When crime is all around us and evil stalks the land
Never underestimate the treachery of man
King & Chrous:
A method of survival – escape should be at hand
So always be prepared with a secondary tertiary…
Chorus:
Preparation is the key to a world without frustration
To escape, get away with your life intact
Is the popular resolution
To walk right in to the lion's den
With no more than a prayer as your best defence
Is the mark of a fool when there's danger near
Nothing is the way it appears
King:
A little piece of lead, a little piece of gold
A simple sleight of hand and a story can be told
An unexpected fog, the sudden fall of rain
Can be proffered as a sk**
With much credit to be gained
You can take it as a fact
You can bet your final pound
There's time you will fall
Taste the dirt on the ground
Preparation pays – Preparation's all
Nothing is the way it appears
However much you try to lead a careful life
There's always something waiting
Some twist of fate that takes you by surprise
When crime is all around us and evil stalks the land
Never underestimate the treachery of man
There comes a time in every life
When we should take a stand
And choose to make a secondary plan
Chorus:
When crime is all around us and evil stalks the land
Never underestimate the treachery of man
King & Chrous:
A method of survival – escape should be at hand
So always be prepared with a
Secondary tertiary, quaternary plan