Streetwalkers - Decadence Code lyrics

Chapman-Whitney Well, the tenement was crowded so I went up to the roof on my own And I looked down at the city, at the sidewalk, at the heart of the stone. People shouting buy me, people shouting sell me, got to get to a phone, yeah, yeah People shouting buy me, people shouting sell me, got to get to a phone Meanwhile breathing through the city, it come sneaking through the city Breathing through the city comes a spine they call Oh, decadence road, yeah. Well, I looked down at the faces going places, destination unknown And the cars are just like mouses, little houses, scurrying here to and from. Ooh, with the city getting tighter and the energies are higher than norm, yeah yeah Ooh, with the city getting tighter and the energies are higher than norm They're slipping slowly down the guttering, slowly down the guttering, yeah Slowly down the guttering, uttering Oh, they're uttering now, mmm. Decadence code. And they're busting up the sidewalk, just so the government can widen the road, yeah I said they're busting up the sidewalk so the government can widen the road But the people singing quietly, singing oh so quietly People singing quietly the hymn they call Oh, the decadence code. Ah, little lady going homeward, even I can see she's stoned as a dope While her gentleman walks slowly like he's holy or just given up hope. Ooh, gotta climb down off the roof now I just remembered got to get to a phone, yeah yeah Gotta climb down off the roof, yeah, I just remembered got to get to a phone Rejoin the choir getting higher, just people singing quiet People singing quietly the hymn that they call, yeah. Oh, the people they're just singing, ooh, the decadence code, yeah. Oooh ...