Guys wearing gas masks
Are leveling their guns
AT school children singing
Whilst studying their sums
It's a clear sign of violence
Laced with heavy support.
This whole situation's
Been dragged through the dirt
By gargoyles and monsters
And man-eating birds
Who act like the jury
But you never see them stand up in Court

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It's savage and ugly the riots unfurl,
But these are the ways of this Wonderful World.
These are the days
Of this Wonderful World.

Back at the banquet
A madam meets her fate
Whilst almost a mile
From her country estate
The helpless and homeless
Are dancing a ring in the rain.
Whilst prompted by pressure
From home and abroad
Fifty-five of them ministers
Are trying to reach accord
On some ill-judged remarks
Concerning Madame Baby Lorraine.

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Consignments of bibles and
Passenger planes
Japanese funerals and
Gambling games
Backers and bidders
Are dealin' in textiles and lace.
They order reviews that will
Salvage the state
Guaranteed to put off
And pass up that decay
Whilst the latest concerns
Are reports of a slackening pace.

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