Verse 1
[Am]Well I'm standing by the river,
[Dm]But the water doesn't flow.
[F]It boils with every [E]poison -
You can [Am]think of.
[Am]And I'm underneath the street light,
[Dm]The delight of joy I know,
[F]Scared beyond [E]belief,
Way down in the [Am]shadows.
Chorus
[C]And the perverted fear of violence,
[G]Chokes a smile on every face,
[F]Common sense is ringing, [E]out the bells.
[Am]This ain't no technological [Dm]breakdown,
[F]Oh-no, this is the [E]road to [Am]hell.
Chorus 2
[C]And as the roads jam up with credit,
[G]And there's nothing you can do,
[F]It's all just bits of paper,
[E]Flying a way from you.
[Am]Oh look out world take a good look,
[Dm]Look who's down there,
[F]You must learn this lesson fast, [E]and learn it [Am]well.
[Am]This ain't no upwardly mobile [Dm]freeway,
[F]Oh-no, this is the [E]road,
[F]This is the [E]road,
[F]This is the [E]road ... [Am]to hell.