Graham Parker - See Willy Fly By lyrics

In this suburb of Babylon, they don't like to wait They k** the messenger 'cos the message was late k** the child starving at the gate Predicting the rain of the state See Willy fly by, in the by and by In the never you mind, in the wait and see In the us and them, in the them and us, in the them and me He's the exception that proves the rule All your dreams are a lie Now much will you swallow when Willy flies by? There's something rotten round here, nobody forgot All the rest on the bottom, white men still on the top Walk and talk with Suzie, shoot to cripple and main Shoot to k** again and again and again Gonna build me a house, on a mountain so high Sit in my car and stare up at the sky The dream is a lie, put it to the test One man rising up on the backs of the rest On the backs of his family, all the duds and the Does 'Til the sun melts his wings and down we all go See Willy fly by, in the by and by In the never you mind, in the dollar store light In the there you go, in the wait and see In the us and them, in the them and us In the should have been me He's the exception that proves the rule All your dreams are a lie See trains all leaving without you, when Willy flies by