Up Against The Wall

Darkhaired dangerous schoolkids

Vicious, suspicious sixteen

Jet-black blazers at the bus stop

Sullen, unhealthy and mean

Teenage guerillas on the tarmac

Fighting in the middle of the road

Supercharged FS1Es on the asphalt

The kids are coming in from the cold



Look out, listen can you hear it

Panic in the County Hall

Look out, listen can you hear it

Whitehall (got us) up against a wall

Up against the wall...



High wire fencing on the playground

High rise housing all around

High rise prices on the high street

High time to pull it all down

White boys kicking in a window

Straight girls watching where they gone

Never trust a copper in a crime car

Just whose side are you on ?



Look out, listen can you hear it

Panic in the County Hall

Look out, listen can you hear it

Whitehall (got us) up against a wall

Up against the wall...



Consternation in Brixton

Rioting in Notting Hill Gate

Fascists marching on the high street

Carving up the welfare state

Operator get me the hotline

Father can you hear me at all?

Telephone kiosk out of order

Spraycan writing on the wall



Look out, listen can you hear it

Panic in the County Hall

Look out, listen can you hear it

Whitehall got us up against a wall

Up against the wall...