Lyrics: (Allen Ginsberg lyrics)
"(Starved in metropolis) (Hooked on nicrapolis) (Addict of metropolis) (Do the worm on the acropolis) (Slam dance the cosmopolis) (Enlighten the populace)
Hungry darkness of living Who will thirst in the pit? (Hooked in metropolis) She spent a lifetime deciding How to run from it (Addicts of metropolis)
Once fate had a witness And the years seemed like friends (Girlfriends) Now her child has a dream, But it begins like the end (Shot into eternity) (Methadone kitty) (Iron serenity)
Ghetto defendant It is heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city (Strung out committee)
Walled out of the city Clubbed down from uptown Sprayed pest from the nest Run out to barrio town (The guards are itchy)
Forced to watch at the feast Then sweep up the night Flipped pieces of coin (Broken bottles) Exchanged for birthright (Grafted in a jiffy)
Ghetto defendant It is heroin pity (Strung out committee) Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city (Not sitting pretty) (Grafetd ina jiffy) Heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city
The ghetto prince of gutter poets Was bounced out of the room (Jean arthur rimbaud) By the bodyguards of greed For disturbing the tomb (1873)
His words like flamethrowers (Paris commune) Burnt the ghettos in their chests His face was painted whiter And he was laid to rest (Died in Marseille)
Ghetto defendant (Buried in charleville) It is heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge Stops you taking the city (Shut up in eternity) It is heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city
(Guatemala, Honduras, Poland) (A hundred years war) (T.V. rerun invasion) (Death squad, Salvador) (Afghanistan, Meditation) (Old Chinese flu) (Kick junk, what else can a poor worker do?)
Ghetto defendant It is heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge Will stops you taking the city
Ghetto defendant It is heroin pity Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city"
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