Babe, they say that this world is better than the last
I wouldn't know, I have no way of living in the past
Where once there was a garden the streets have overflowed
From the Golden Gates to the East
Block states, you can hear creation groan
If there is a shining beacon out across the amber waves,
It lies hidden on the teeming
Shores beneath the burned-out Chevrolets
And the eyes that scattered high-rise hope across the fruited
Plain see TVs glowing in the projects through the greasy windowpane
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a long way to fall
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a big world after all
Purple mountains' majesty has ratings that are poor
History bows to coverage, moderation bows to more
Far side of the ocean is the far side of the tracks
All God's children learn to build and learn to watch their backs
There are felons out in the prison yard imagining their release
And the free thank God for the atom bomb, the keeper of the peace
Another day, another chance to curse away the doubt
Another night, another thousand points of light go out
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a long way to fall
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a big world after all
Hypnotised and shuttled in the limousine of hate
Watching the scenery shatter in the brittle jaws of fate
Well, baby, I'm just another fare; I don't make the rules
I'd break them if I thought it would do you some good
Well, the diggers and the bankers,
And the architects and fools got to work
You can't stop them with bitter tears and golden rules
It's a race to stay alive, baby, it's lawyers, tax, and steel
Till the life that you are living is the thing you never feel
Babe, they say that this world is better than the last
I wouldn't know, I have no way of living in the past
Where once there was a garden, oh, the streets have overflowed
From the Golden Gate to the East
Block state, you can hear creation groan
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a long way to fall
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a big world after all
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a long way to fall
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a long way down
Baby, it's a long... baby, it's a big world after all