there's a peddler a pusher standing on the corner   there's a junkie on the street with some crack to warm her   down and out in the city she's working as a hooker   so the system took the freedom to overlook her   she don't exist that's made her feel the hate   she's just a victim of the world that we create   she didn't have a chance man she didn't wanna do it   but she never got the choice so she just said screw it   she took it to the bottom just trying it all   knowing that nobody even cared at all   don't deny her needs take a look at yourself   before you start talking 'bout anybody else      such a wonderful world such a wonderful world      there's a lower class family they're living in a vice   you know it ain't too bad but it sure ain't nice   four kids in a flat that was built for two   cockroaches on the floor so what they gonna do   rats in the cellar no water in the tap   the kids of today are growing up with this crap   a sweet loving mother she does everything she can   a father with a will he's a fighting man   he's lost his job and all the money's been spent   so tell me anybody who's gonna pay the rent   and you're all talking 'bout equality   this whole fucking world is insanity      Chorus      meanwhile in a suburb on some fancy boulevard   there's a couple in a house with a dog on guard   3 cars in the garage they keep everything inside   afraid of the violence afraid to go outside   money ain't funny if you're afraid to use it   you grip it too hard when you're afraid to lose it   working as a lawyer in some upperclass area   alone at home his wife goes into hysteria   a gun under her pillow too tense to relax   too rich to face reality too scared to face the facts   they stick to what they got and they try to make it pretty   hiding from the life that's going on down in the city      Chorus