Wealthy people like to live, live near the water    They pass their real estate down to their sons and their daughters.    Generations are happy just enjoying the view, but    When the water starts rising you know what they’re gonna do       The rich are gonna move to the high ground    The rich are gonna move to the high ground    Holy doodle, look at your town    The rich are gonna move to the high ground       All those singers and actors and philanthropists    Say the poor are at the top of the priority list.    But when the levees start breaking and the barriers fall    Where will they be when we come to pay a courtesy call?    With their mistresses, wives, pets, children and all    At the top of a hill behind a fortified wall.       The rich are gonna move to the high ground    The rich are gonna move to the high ground    Holy doodle, look at your town    The rich are gonna move to the high ground       Every sad number that the scientists find    You get the feeling that some people really don’t mind    To see a new feudal age for the whole human race    ‘Cos the rabble will finally be all back in their place.    They’ll be no revolution, we’ll be meek as wet mouses    Begging them to let our children serve in their houses.       The rich are gonna move to the high ground    The rich are gonna move to the high ground    Holy doodle, look at your town    The rich are gonna move to the high ground    Take me higher to that higher ground    You and me baby, we’re gonna watch the poor drown