Rat Trap

Rat Trap - The Boomtown Rats

Written by：Bob Geldof

There was a lot of rockn' going on that night

Cruising time for the young bright lights

Just down past the gasworks by the meat factory door

The five lamp boys were coming on strong

The Saturday night city beat had already started and

The pulse of the corner boys sprang into action

And young Billy watched it all under the yellow street light

And said tonight of all nights there's gonna be a fight

Billy don't like it living here in this town

He says the traps have been sprung long before he was born

He says hope bites the dust behind

All the closed doors

And puss and grime ooze from it's scab crusted sores

There's screaming and crying

In the high rise blocks

It's a rat trap Billy but you're already caught

But you can make it if you wanna

Or you need it bad enough

You're young and good looking

And you're acting kind of tough

Anyway it's Saturday night time to see what's going down

Put on the bright suit Billy head

For the right side of town

It's only 8 o'clock but you're already bored

You don't know what it is but there's got to be more

You'd better find a way out hey kick down the door

It's a rat trap

And you've been caught

In this town Billy says

Everybody's tryin' to tell you what to do

In this town Billy says everybody says you gotta follow rules

You walk up to the traffic lights

Switch from your left to right

You push in that button and that button comes alight

It tells you

Walk don't walk

Walk don't walk

Talk don't talk

Talk don't talk

Walk don't walk

Walk don't walk

Talk don't talk

Talk don't talk

Hey Billy take a walk

Take a walk

Take a walk

Billy take a walk

Take a walk

Take a walk

Billy take a walk

Take a walk

Take a walk

Hey Billy

Take a walk with me

Do you want that misery

Sweethearts run free

Little Judy's trying to watch

Top of the Pops

But mum and dad are fighting

Don't they ever stop

She takes off her coat and

Walks out to the street

It's cold on that road but it's got

That home beat

Deep down in her pockets she finds 50p

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 now now now now

Her mind's made up she walks down the road

Her hands in her pockets coat buttoned 'gainst the cold

She finally finds Billy down at the Italian cafe

And when he's drunk it's hard to understand what Billy says

But then he mumbles in his coffee and suddenly roars

It's a rat trap Judy

And we've been caught

Rat trap

Judy caught in a rat trap

Judy caught in a rat trap

Judy caught in a rat trap

Judy caught in a rat trap

Judy caught in a rat trap

Judy caught in a rat trap

Judy caught in a rat trap