I'm a civilian and as a civilian I've been told
to follow opinion and form no opinions of my own
I live in a system, I live in a system of control
I'm no-one of wisdom no no
just one of a million out there who
see every day all those waves overflowing
as each of my days I give thanks I'm still dry
hear all those tales of what radars are showing
as leaders of nations are wondering why
they taste their champagne as volcanoes are blowing
and flee for those caves when it all hits the fan
sneer at campaigners finger and blame us
you can't entertain us with that, no no
just look at the book look at the book
and take another leaf from the page of the paranoid
take a revolution if it good to make illusion of a sunny day
you're telling me this sunny day
will come and wash all the rain away
I'm just looking at a bird of prey
picking on the people where they lay hey hey
stop in and look drop in and look
I never said there's no god
even if I've never been one who always prayed that hard
but if he's there now

come on mister engineer get it right get it right

I'm not a criminal no, you see the criminals are you
the ones in the yellow I know
the ones in the yellow reds and blue
if I couldn't be on stage here now
I would have it hard we try to be so cool
and I would be somewhere other
yes I would be somewhere out there just
feeling no ways as the days drift over me and
seeming I'm ok but deep down there's this man
feeding me tales what revelations are showing
and tells me it's going according to plan
but they never know what made the sun rise
and keeps it there glowing
and what makes the moon pull the waves from the sand
sneer at campaigners finger and blame us
you can't entertain us with that, no no
just look at the book look at the book
and take another leaf from the page of the paranoid
take a revolution if it good to make illusion of a sunny day
you're telling me this sunny day
will come and wash all the rain away
I'm just looking at a bird of prey
picking on the people where they lay hey hey
stop in and look drop in and look
I never said there's no god
even if I've never been one who always prayed that hard
but if he's there now

come on mister engineer get it right get it right