Outside a Small Circle of Friends

1

Look outside the window, there’s a woman being grabbed,

they’ve dragged her to the bushes, and now she’s being stabbed.

Maybe we should go out there and try to stop the pain,

but monopoly is so much fun, I’d hate to blow the game.

And I’m sure it wouldn’t interest anybody,

outside of a small circle of friends.

 

2

Riding down the highway, yes my back is getting stiff,

thirteen cars are piled up, they’re hanging on a cliff,

maybe we should pull them back with our towing chain,

but we gotta move, and we might get sued, and it looks like its gonna rain

and I’m sure it wouldn’t interest anybody,

outside of a small circle of friends.

 

3

Sweating in the ghetto with the coloured and the poor

the rats have joined the babies who are sleeping on the floor

now wouldn’t it be a riot if they really blew their top

but they’ve got too much already, and beside we’ve got the cops,

and I’m sure it wouldn’t interest anybody,

outside of a small circle of friends.

 

4

Oh, there’s a dirty paper, using sex to make a sale

the supreme court was so upset, they sent him off to jail,

maybe we should help the pain, and take away his fine,

but we’re busy reading playboy and the sunday new york times,

and I’m sure it wouldn’t interest anybody,

outside of a small circle of friends

 

5

Smoking markhuana is more fun than drinking beer,

but a friend of ours was captured, and they gave him thirty years,

maybe we should raise our voices, ask somebody why,

but demonstrations are a drag, beside we’re much too high,

and I’m sure it wouldn’t interest anybody,

outside of a small circle of friends.

 

6

Oh, look outside the window, there’s a woman being grabbed,

they’ve dragged her to the bushes, and now she’s being stabbed,

maybe we should go out there and try and stop the pain,

but monopoly is so much fun, I’d hate to blow the game,

and I’m sure it wouldn’t interest anybody,

outside of a small circle of friends.