This city's burning out of control The heat is rising and bustin' through The flames are creeping higher and higher You stand too close and you'll catch on fire You got me jobs so you hang around And stand on the corner and spit on the ground One foot in the gutter and one in the street One more step and you're a piece of meat And if you could get out you know you'd go 'Cause you feel like a sewer rat stuck in a hole Nowhere to run to, nowhere to go As you cry from the heart and fire in this soul What can you do when you're stuck in a box The doors are barred with double locks The walls push in, your neck's in a noose You have the strength 'cause you have to break loose If you could get out you know you'd go 'Cause you feel like a sewer rat stuck in a hole Nowhere to run to, nowhere to go As you cry from the heart and fire in this soul Fire in this soul Fire in this soul Sleeze on the sidewalk and trash in the can The city knows how to break a man One way street, nowhere to turn You light the fire and watch it burn If you could get out you know you'd go 'Cause you feel like a sewer rat stuck in a hole Nowhere to run to, nowhere to go As you cry from the heart and fire in this soul Fire in this soul
This city's burning out of control The heat is rising and bustin' through The flames are creeping higher and higher You stand too close and you'll catch on fire You got me jobs so you hang around And stand on the corner and spit on the ground One foot in the gutter and one in the street One more step and you're a piece of meat And if you could get out you know you'd go 'Cause you feel like a sewer rat stuck in a hole Nowhere to run to, nowhere to go As you cry from the heart and fire in this soul What can you do when you're stuck in a box The doors are barred with double locks The walls push in, your neck's in a noose You have the strength 'cause you have to break loose If you could get out you know you'd go 'Cause you feel like a sewer rat stuck in a hole Nowhere to run to, nowhere to go As you cry from the heart and fire in this soul Fire in this soul Fire in this soul Sleeze on the sidewalk and trash in the can The city knows how to break a man One way street, nowhere to turn You light the fire and watch it burn If you could get out you know you'd go 'Cause you feel like a sewer rat stuck in a hole Nowhere to run to, nowhere to go As you cry from the heart and fire in this soul Fire in this soul
