Staying up 'til 5, trying to put the world to rights

Another night spent getting off your head

No corner left to turn and no Troy for you to burn

Well it's one more footstep closer to the edge

But you wait and you wait and you hope and you pray

And long for the day, a day that will never come

And you watch as your faith in the

world dissipates and washes away

So you drink until you're numb

Over the turnpikes, tenements and tower blocks

Over the penthouses, palaces and pound shops

Tonight, we will fly

Over the freeways, everglades and overpass

Over the crack dens, collieries and cattle cars

Tonight, you and I

Run, run, run away from this place

Don't look back, don't be afraid

Run away from this town

Don't look back, don't turn around

Run, run, run away from this place

Don't look back, don't be afraid

Run away from this town

Don't look back, don't turn around

Waking up at 6, crying into your Weetabix

Another day of drowning in the red

As frogs drop from the skies

so the scales fall from your eyes

Eat, sleep, fuck, shit and work and then you're dead

But you wait and you wait and you get yourself straight

You toil and you slave for a day that will never come

And you save and you save, you obey and behave

And plan your escape, 'til you're brave enough to jump

Over the barracks, the bodegas and boulevards

Over the silos, sanatoriums and cinemas

Tonight, we will fly

Over the allotments, the alleyways and abattoirs

Over the warships, the windmills and waterparks

Tonight, you and I

Run, run, run away from this place

Don't look back, don't be afraid

Run away from this town

Don't look back, don't turn around

Run, run, run away from this place

Don't look back, don't be afraid

Run away from this town

Don't look back, don't turn around

One of these days you'll get to where you gotta go

God knows, God knows you're gonna

One of these days I know, I know

'Cause when you gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta

One of these days you'll get to where you gotta go

God knows, God knows you're gonna

One of these days I know, I know

'Cause when you gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta

One of these days you'll get to where you gotta go

(Run, run, run away)

God knows, God knows you're gonna

(Don't look back, don't be afraid)

One of these days I know, I know

(Run away)

'Cause when you gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta

(Don't look back, don't turn around)

One of these days you'll get to where you gotta go

(Run, run, run away)

God knows, God knows you're gonna

(Don't look back, don't be afraid)

One of these days I know, I know

(Run away)

'Cause when you gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta

(Don't look back, no, you gotta go)

'Cause when you gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta

'Cause when you gotta go, well god knows you gotta

Over the turnpikes, tenements and tower blocks

Over the penthouses, palaces and power plants

Over the crack dens, collieries and carparks

(when you gotta go, well god knows you gotta)

Over the barracks, the bodegas and boulevards

Over the silos, sanatoriums and cinemas

Over the gables, the garrisons and graveyards

(when you gotta go, you gotta go, you gotta)