[00:33.42]There was a lot of rockn' going on that night
[00:37.11]Cruising time for the young bright lights
[00:40.44]Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door
[00:43.44]The five lamp boys were coming on strong
[00:47.07]The Saturday night city beat had already started and
[00:50.76]The pulse of the corner boys sprang into action
[00:54.69]And young
[00:55.02]Billy watched it all under the yellow street light
[00:57.45]And said "tonight, of all nights, there's gonna be a fight"
[01:04.86]Billy don't like it living here in this town
[01:07.68]He says the traps have been sprung long before he was born
[01:11.19]He says "hope bites the dust behind all the closed doors And puss and grime ooze from its scab crusted sores There's screaming and crying in the high rise blocks"
[01:21.48]It's a rat trap,
[01:22.92]Billy, but you're already caught
[01:25.05]But you can make it if you wanna or you need it bad enough
[01:28.62]You're young and good looking and you're acting kind of tough
[01:31.77]Anyway, it's
[01:32.43]Saturday night, time to see what's going down
[01:35.13]Put on the bright suit,
[01:37.02]Billy, head for the right side of town
[01:39.03]It's only 8 o'clock, but you're already bored
[01:42.06]You don't know what it is, but there's got to be more
[01:45.36]You'd better find a way out, hey, kick down the door
[01:49.11]It's a rat trap and you've been caught
[01:53.13]In this town,
[02:00.60]Billy says, "everybody's tryin' to tell you what to do"
[02:06.60]In this town,
[02:07.35]Billy says, "everybody says you gotta follow rules"
[02:13.23]You walk up to the traffic lights,
[02:14.85]Switch from your left to right
[02:16.38]You push in that button, and that button comes alight
[02:19.83]It tells you "Walk, don't walk Talk, don't talk"
[02:38.79]Hey Billy take a walk...with me
[02:46.11]Do you want that misery
[02:51.87]Sweethearts run free
[03:14.07]Little Judy's trying to watch "Top of the Pops"
[03:17.19]But mum and dad are fighting don't they ever stop
[03:20.61]She takes off her coat and walks out to the street
[03:24.09]It's cold on that road, but it's got that home beat
[03:27.36]Deep down in her pockets she finds 50p
[03:31.32]Hey, is that any way for a young girl to be "I'm gonna get out of school, work in a silk factory Work all the hours God gave me, get myself a little easy money now, now, now"
[03:47.94]Her mind's made up, she walks down the road
[03:51.24]Her hands in her pockets, coat buttoned 'gainst the cold
[03:54.63]She finally finds
[03:55.65]Billy down at the
[03:56.46]Italian cafe
[03:57.63]And when he's drunk it's hard to understand what
[04:00.06]Billy says
[04:00.87]But then he mumbles in his coffee and suddenly roars "It's a rat trap Judy, and we've been caught"