This city eats, this city eats, this city eats itself
Shovels down its ancient stone
Dines on human flesh and bone
Steals from mates it's always known
Laptop, TV, mobile phone
Neighbourhood's a no-go zone
'Gotcha!' screams your sick ringtone
Come the king without a crown
City crumbles, tumbles down
One-time wonder turned to clown
Painted grin to growing frown
Business now begins to drown
Cut-backs kill this crippled town
Swallows everything it's got
Cash is hot, compassion's not
Trashes every vacant lot
Tears all down for building plot
Stands back, lets its history rot
Shoots up, shits up, should be shot
No defence, a naked goal
Cannibal with begging bowl
Pays the price out on parole
Digs 'n' drags through drug, debt, dole
Turned to meat 'n' eaten whole
Skewered through its urban soul
Bites its brickwork, chews concrete
Bones of buildings stripped of meat
Drags dead rain straight up main street
Shops shut down, troops in retreat
All that's new lies incomplete
Assets gone, there's no receipt