White Coats
(Sullivan/Heaton/Harris)
Well we know what makes the flowers grow
But we don't know why
And we all have the knowledge of DNA
But we still die
We perch so thin and fragile here
Upon the land
And the earth that moves beneath us
We don't understand
So we rush towards the judgment day
When She reclaims
A toast to the Luddite martyrs then
Who died in vain
Down at the lab they're working still
Finishing off
How do we tell the people in the white coats
Enough is enough is enough is enough?
Ch:
Hey, hey I listen to you pray
As if some help will come
Hey, hey She will dance on our graves
When we are dead and gone
When we are dead and gone
You and I we made no suicide pact
We didn't want to die
But we watch the wall, little darling
While the chemical trucks go by
This desperate initiation now
Of innocence
Those last few days at Jonestown
Ain't got nothing on this
Ch
Now beneath the fitted carpets
Beyond the padded cells
Within these crimes of passion
The naked truth She dwells
And this fury's just a part
And this thunder's just a part
Desire is just a part
The cracking ice, the splitting rock
Ch
Hey, hey to the suicide day
The blind man blunders on
Hey, hey She will dance on our graves
When we are dead and gone
As children learn about the world
We built that wall of sand
Along the beach we laboured hard
With our brave hands
We worked until the sun went down
Beneath the waves
And the tide came rolling splashing in
Washed the wall away
How do we tell the people in the white coats
Enough is enough?