Graham Coxon - Thank God For The Rain lyrics

Saw the news in the afternoon Another war will be coming soon Man ripped up like a piece of paper With his wife looking on and no-one to help her Hammill says we're still in the dark ages With people's greed and hating rages The world don't learn so the world will burn The world will burn 'cause the world don't learn The world don't learn so the world will burn The world will burn 'cause the world won't learn Looks like I'm gonna build my shelter again Such a messed up world we're living in today Thank God for the rain Maybe it'll wash that scum away Streets ain't safe in this town no more Girl get hassle at her front door Violence rising out of hand We can't bring the kids up in this land Getting mugged on your way home By youths with masks and knives they own How long will it be 'til they got a gun? Shoot you down just like a dog for fun Looks like I'm gonna build my shelter again Such a messed up world we're living in today Thank God for the rain Maybe it'll wash that scum away Thought my sensitivity would be smashed By some inner city wisdom trash Instead my own phobia-centricity Is growing out of every bit of me I like my home, I don't want to move But maybe I'll be forced to soon To lock the doors and board up the windows Lock the doors and board up the windows (x3) Looks like I'm gonna build my shelter again Such a messed up world we're living in today Thank God for the rain Maybe it'll wash that scum away People die and nature replaces You see the lives in all of the faces Of so-called lunatics and basket cases Who'd hang themselves with their shoe laces They have no place in the rat races As a society which just misplaces Puts more importance on money not faces And have its sleeves filled with all the aces Looks like I'm gonna build my shelter again Such a messed up world we're living in today Thank God for the rain Maybe it'll wash that scum away