Richard & Linda Thompson - Justice In The Streets lyrics

There's sickness in this land Hearts have turned to sand Crushed with an iron hand There's justice in the streets They fooled you for so long You can't tell right from wrong They are weak and you are strong There's justice in the streets Sometimes it seems a man can't hold his head up To be just what he is he feels ashamed They take away his dignity and freedom But they can never take away the flame Tired of living in shame Tired of a ball and chain Run them down like a train There's justice in the streets They've got you chained to a wheel 'Til you don't know how to feel 'Til you can't tell what's real There's justice in the streets How can you fight a man without a shadow How can you fight a face you've never seen A drop of rain will run into a river Oh see the river wash the valley clean