Rat Trap-The Boomtown Rats

[ti:Rat Trap] [ar:The Boomtown Rats] [al:Classic Album Selection: Six Albums 1977-1984] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Rat Trap - The Boomtown Rats [00:48.76]There was a lot of rockn' going on that night [00:50.42] [00:51.72]Cruising time for the young bright lights [00:53.90] [00:54.71]Just down past the gasworks [00:55.79]By the meat factory door [00:56.94] [00:57.55]The five lamp boys were coming on strong [00:59.89] [01:00.53]The Saturday night city beat had already started and [01:03.35] [01:04.03]The pulse of the corner boys sprang into action [01:06.13] [01:06.96]And young Billy watched it all under the yellow street light [01:09.21]And said tonight of all nights there's gonna be a fight [01:14.17] [01:15.88]Billy don't like it living here in this town [01:18.58]He says the traps have been sprung long before he was born [01:21.57]He says hope bites the dust behind all the closed doors [01:24.72]And puss and grime ooze from its scab crusted sores [01:27.90]There's screaming and crying in the high rise blocks [01:30.64]It's a rat trap Billy [01:32.17]But you're already caught [01:33.43]But you can make it if you wanna or you need it bad enough [01:37.10]You're young and good looking and you're acting kind of tough [01:40.09]Anyway it's Saturday night [01:41.43]Time to see what's going down [01:42.90]Put on the bright suit Bill [01:44.58]Head for the right side of town [01:46.07]It's only eight o'clock [01:47.49]But you're already bored [01:48.56]You don't know what it is [01:50.41]But there's got to be more [01:51.96]You'd better find a way out [01:53.86]Hey kick down the door [01:54.95]It's a rat trap and you've been caught [01:58.63] [02:04.61]In this town Billy says [02:05.93]Everybody's tryin' to tell you what to do [02:08.36] [02:11.01]In this town Billy says [02:12.23]Everybody says you gotta follow rules [02:14.90] [02:16.73]You walk up to the traffic lights [02:18.53]Switch from your left to right [02:19.73] [02:20.35]You push in that button [02:21.60]And that button comes alight [02:22.38]It tells you [02:23.11]Walk don't walk [02:23.86] [02:24.54]Walk don't walk [02:25.14] [02:26.09]Talk don't talk [02:26.73] [02:27.61]Talk don't talk [02:28.31] [02:29.14]Walk don't walk [02:29.92] [02:30.67]Walk don't walk [02:32.28]Talk don't talk [02:33.13] [02:33.84]Talk don't talk [02:34.46] [02:35.43]Hey Billy take a walk [02:37.01]Take a walk [02:37.84]Take a walk [02:38.99]Billy take a walk [02:40.12]Take a walk [02:41.10]Take a walk [02:42.03]Billy take a walk [02:43.28]Take a walk [02:44.15]Take a walk [02:45.18]Hey Billy take a walk with me [02:48.95] [02:50.41]Do you want that misery [02:51.69] [02:53.30]Sweethearts run free [02:54.72] [02:56.09]Sweethearts run free [02:56.87] [03:12.87]Little Judy's trying to watch Top of the Pops [03:15.22] [03:15.76]But mum and dad are fighting don't they ever stop [03:18.11] [03:18.74]She takes off her coat and walks out to the street [03:21.74]It's cold on that road [03:22.99]But it's got that home beat [03:24.80]Deep down in her pockets she finds 50p [03:26.93] [03:27.92]Hey is that any way for a young girl to be [03:30.43]I'm gonna get out of school [03:32.25]Work in a silk factory [03:33.42]Work all the hours God gave me [03:35.51]Get myself a little easy money [03:37.49]Now now now [03:39.71] [03:42.96]Her mind's made up [03:44.82]She walks down the road [03:46.32]Her hands in her pockets coat buttoned 'gainst the cold [03:49.31]She finally finds Billy down at the Italian cafe [03:52.18]And when he's drunk it's hard to understand what Billy says [03:55.10]But then he mumbles in his coffee and suddenly roars [03:58.25]It's a rat trap and we've been caught [04:02.22] [04:06.03]It's a rat trap [04:07.00] [04:21.49]It's a rat trap and we've been caught [04:23.71] [04:24.35]It's a rat trap and we've been caught [04:26.53] [04:27.28]It's a rat trap and we've been caught [04:29.63] [04:30.26]It's a rat trap and we've been caught [04:32.48] [04:33.25]It's a rat trap and we've been caught [04:35.54] [04:36.32]It's a rat trap and we've been caught [04:38.52] [04:39.30]It's a rat trap and we've been caught [04:41.47] [04:42.31]It's a rat trap