RICHARD THOMPSON lyrics - Justice In The Streets

(Richard Thompson)



There's sickness in this land

Hearts have turned to sand

Crushed with an iron hand

There's justice in the streets



They fooled you for so long

You can't tell right from wrong

They are weak and you are strong

There's justice in the streets



Sometimes it seems a man can't hold his head up

To be just what he is he feels ashamed

They take away his dignity and freedom

But they can never take away the flame



Tired of living in shame

Tired of a ball and chain

Run them down like a train

There's justice in the streets



They've got you chained to a wheel

'Til you don't know how to feel

'Til you can't tell what's real

There's justice in the streets



How can you fight a man without a shadow

How can you fight a face you've never seen

A drop of rain will run into a river

O see the river wash the valley clean