When the traffic lights turned red    And a car kept going, well, nothing was said    It was quietly understood    That if he could do it, anyone could    I can do that, I can do that, I can do that, yeah!    But the queue remained and we felt the strain    Of being the majority obeying the authority    Of traffic lights turned red - traffic lights turned red       When the traffic lights turn green    And the car in front couldn't start, it seemed    Like he was holding us up to show    We were happy to stop until told to go    Oh no! No! No!    And the queue remained and we felt the strain    Of being the majority needing the authority    Of traffic lights turned green - traffic lights turned green       When the traffic lights broke down    There was a whole lot of cars reaching out of town    We were all too scared to move    Until a man in a uniform told us what to do    And as we drove on by    We wondered why    We hadn't gone the other way    Or gone ahead and said "Hooray!    Gone ahead and said "Hooray!    Gone ahead and said "Hooray!    Gone ahead and said "Hooray!    Gone ahead and said "Hooray!    The traffic lights are broken down!    The traffic lights are broken down!    The traffic lights are broken down!"       "The traffic lights are broken down!"       Beep! Beep!