Rat Trap-The Boomtown Rats

[ti:Rat Trap] [ar:The Boomtown Rats] [al:Best Of The Boomtown Rats] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.40]Rat Trap - The Boomtown Rats [00:01.98]Written by：Bob Geldof [00:03.23] [00:33.07]There was a lot of rockn' going on that night [00:35.77] [00:37.57]Cruising time for the young bright lights [00:39.96] [00:40.87]Just down past the gasworks by the meat factory door [00:43.88]The five lamp boys were coming on strong [00:46.80] [00:47.48]The Saturday night city beat had already started and [00:51.19]The pulse of the corner boys sprang into action [00:54.40] [00:55.06]And young Billy watched it all under the yellow street light [00:57.82]And said tonight of all nights there's gonna be a fight [01:03.22] [01:05.28]Billy don't like it living here in this town [01:08.07]He says the traps have been sprung long before he was born [01:11.24]He says hope bites the dust behind [01:13.58]All the closed doors [01:15.31]And puss and grime ooze from it's scab crusted sores [01:18.72]There's screaming and crying [01:20.21]In the high rise blocks [01:21.85]It's a rat trap Billy but you're already caught [01:25.24]But you can make it if you wanna [01:26.96]Or you need it bad enough [01:29.01]You're young and good looking [01:30.52]And you're acting kind of tough [01:32.22]Anyway it's Saturday night time to see what's going down [01:35.57]Put on the bright suit Billy head [01:37.65]For the right side of town [01:39.26]It's only 8 o'clock but you're already bored [01:42.40]You don't know what it is but there's got to be more [01:45.75]You'd better find a way out hey kick down the door [01:49.43]It's a rat trap [01:50.55] [01:52.27]And you've been caught [01:53.49] [02:00.17]In this town Billy says [02:01.54]Everybody's tryin' to tell you what to do [02:04.18] [02:06.91]In this town Billy says everybody says you gotta follow rules [02:10.80] [02:13.00]You walk up to the traffic lights [02:15.06]Switch from your left to right [02:16.71]You push in that button and that button comes alight [02:19.63]It tells you [02:20.19]Walk don't walk [02:21.15] [02:21.92]Walk don't walk [02:22.80] [02:23.44]Talk don't talk [02:24.41] [02:25.10]Talk don't talk [02:26.15] [02:26.78]Walk don't walk [02:27.73] [02:28.35]Walk don't walk [02:29.41] [02:30.08]Talk don't talk [02:31.09] [02:31.70]Talk don't talk [02:33.16]Hey Billy take a walk [02:34.66]Take a walk [02:35.52]Take a walk [02:36.44] [02:36.94]Billy take a walk [02:38.10]Take a walk [02:39.08]Take a walk [02:39.85] [02:40.37]Billy take a walk [02:41.48]Take a walk [02:42.31]Take a walk [02:43.18]Hey Billy [02:45.74]Take a walk with me [02:47.35] [02:48.96]Do you want that misery [02:50.73] [02:52.25]Sweethearts run free [02:53.81] [03:14.29]Little Judy's trying to watch [03:16.02]Top of the Pops [03:17.65]But mum and dad are fighting [03:18.89]Don't they ever stop [03:21.03]She takes off her coat and [03:22.45]Walks out to the street [03:24.43]It's cold on that road but it's got [03:26.50]That home beat [03:27.74]Deep down in her pockets she finds 50p [03:30.99]Hey is that any way for a young girl to be [03:34.30]I'm gonna get out of school work in a silk factory [03:37.61]Work all the hours [03:38.65]God gave me get myself a little easy money [03:42.74]Now now now now now now now [03:45.63] [03:48.30]Her mind's made up she walks down the road [03:51.06] [03:51.93]Her hands in her pockets coat buttoned 'gainst the cold [03:54.95]She finally finds Billy down at the Italian cafe [03:58.13]And when he's drunk it's hard to understand what Billy says [04:01.25]But then he mumbles in his coffee and suddenly roars [04:04.68]It's a rat trap Judy [04:06.32] [04:07.45]And we've been caught [04:08.96] [04:28.76]Rat trap [04:29.34] [04:30.33]Judy caught in a rat trap [04:32.66] [04:33.63]Judy caught in a rat trap [04:36.06] [04:37.07]Judy caught in a rat trap [04:39.45] [04:40.39]Judy caught in a rat trap [04:42.78] [04:43.69]Judy caught in a rat trap [04:46.17] [04:47.09]Judy caught in a rat trap [04:49.53] [04:50.49]Judy caught in a rat trap