Electric Avenue-Eddy Grant/Sean Garett/Malcolm McLaren/Maximino Perez

Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant Boy... Boy... Now in the street there is violence And - and a lots of work to be done No place to hang out our washing And - and I can't blame all on the sun Ref: Oh no we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we'll take it higher Oh we gonna rock it down to Electric Avenue And then we'll take it higher Workin' so hard like a soldier Can't afford a thing on TV Deep in my heart I am a warrior Can't get food for them kid Ref: Good God we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we'll take it higher Oh we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we'll take it higher Interlude: Oh no Oh no Oh no Oh no Ref: Oh no we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we'll take it higher Oh we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we'll take it higher Who is to blame in one country Never can get to the one Dealin' in multiplication And they still can't feed everyone Ref: Oh no we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we'll take it higher Oh no we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we'll take it higher 2nd Interlude: Out in the street Out in the street Out in the dead time Out in the night Ref: Oh we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we'll take it higher Oh, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we'll take it higher 3rd Interlude: Out in the street Out in the street Out in the playground In the dark side of town Ref: Oh, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we'll take it higher Hey, we gonna rock down to Electric Avenue And then we'll take it higher Ohh yeah, higher (Rock it in the daytime, Rock it in the night - repeat until fade