[Verse 1]

Got beggars and clerks

Got teachers and kids

Elected men off work

Defrocked preachers forbid

[Chorus 1]

I wonder how they can stand it

Or if they care at all

As they waste the last few days

Before the fall

[Verse 2]

Homesick prisoners

And party throwers

With all their honored guests

And their going nowheres

[Chorus 2]

You know i cannot be bothered

Just ain't no point at all

I've done a lot of screaming

But no one would heed the call

Before the fall

Before the fall

Before the fall

[Verse 3]

Talk show hosts

Prophets and the police

Swinging bachelor ghosts

And lone divorcees

[Chorus 3]

I don't wanna hear no more

Not a word about this at all

No use to keep on screaming

'Cause no one will head the call

Before the fall

Before the fall

Before the fall