The Protest 가사

Jackie goes to bed at night Beneath the railroad bridge Sleeps in fifteen minute slots Upon a steel ledge The trains above are filled with folk Who work the downtown towers They buy esteem, pay for respect With arrogance and dollars Race you rats; you run and run And never stop to see What's done can never be undone And you will never be Anything else under the sun By day they push and shove their way Past jackie's upheld palm They throw some pennies on the street A task for uncle tom Then one night jackie'd had enough He raised a fist on high A protest from the underground A prayer up to the sky Just then the red line hit the bridge And jackie screamed in pain The citizens all gathered round The blood left by that train The gapers slowed the traffic down The mayor came to clean and jerk So no one in his town No matter what, was late for work And there the fist lies tween the tracks A mute and awful sight The citizens don't know or care Where jackie sleeps tonight Race you rats; you run and run And never stop to see What's done can never be undone And you will never be Anything else under the sun