Hope Of The States - Blood Meridian lyrics

The money's running out The casino's burning down The police are getting nervous The transmission's shot The schools are all locked The offices have shut up shop It's quiet on the streets today I think I know what's going on But I'm too scared to say In case I got it wrong And made a bad mistake Emergency! Emergency! Someone acted honestly We better string them up Tie them down Never let the news get out And never let it happen again Emergency! Emergency! Someone meant every word they said We should beat them up Lock them up Throw away they key And never let it happen again There's a flood coming in And the snow is coming down There's fighting on every corner The troubled little kids that were bullied in school This is the only chance yr getting To stand up for the put upon The worried and the anxious Don't be too scared to say they got it all wrong And made a bad mistake Emergency! Emergency! Someone acted honestly We better string them up Tie them down Never let the news get out And never let it happen again Emergency! Emergency! Someone meant every word they said We should beat them up Lock them up Throw away they key And never let it happen again Tell me won't you tell me How we ended up so cynical We should give it up Start again Admit mistakes and try to change And never let it happen again