Tonight
I'll leave when you're fast asleep
and the shadows crawl and dance on the wall.
Tonight
I'll lie by your side while you sleep
but my soul you will keep in a box by your feet.
Tonight
we'll feast with the king and the queen
while the children starve and [silently] scream.
They'll wake
to find that the word on the street
is the spin of the week that the newspeople seek.
How they gonna spin, how they gonna spin
How they gonna spin, how they gonna spin
How the sweet hearts spin how they're gonna spin,
spin how they gonna spin
How they gonna spin, how they gonna spin
How they gonna spin, how they gonna spin
How the sweet hearts spin how they gonna spin,
spin how they gonna spin
how they gonna
My friends,
my friends, this is hardly the end;
when the walls finally fall then we'll build them again.
When my only hope
is at the end of a rope
I will leave you alone, alone...
How you gonna spin, how you gonna spin
How you gonna spin, how you gonna spin
How the sweet hearts spin how they're gonna spin,
spin how they gonna spin
How they gonna spin, how they gonna spin
How they gonna spin, how they gonna spin
How the sweet hearts spin how they gonna spin,
spin how they gonna spin
how they gonna