Well guys wearing gas masks are levelling them guns  At school children sing while studying sums  It's a clear sign of violence and it's laced with heavy support  This whole situation's been dragged though the dirt  By gargoyles and monsters and man-eating birds  Who act like the jury but you never see them stand up in court  Chorus:  Well it's savage and ugly, the riots unfurl  But these are the ways of this wonderful world  These are the days, of this wonderful world  Now back at their banquet the madam meets her fate  Whilst almost a mile from a country estate  The helpless and homeless are dancing their ring in the rain  Whilst hunted by pressures from old man abroad  Fifty five of them ministers are trying to reach accord  On some ill-judged remark concerning madam baby lorraine  Chorus  Consignments of bibles and passenger planes  Japanese funerals and gamboling games  Backers and bidders are dealing in textiles and lace  They order reviews that will salvage the state  Can't seem to put off and cast off their capes?  While the latest concerns are reports of slack cutting? pace  Chorus