Living in the city where the poverty prevails Sleeping on the side walk you can hear the sirens wail 
Dining with the rats down on 42nd street 
Begging for some money, 
hungry for something to eat 

Wasted and falling through the cracks 
Dying while lying on your back 

Victim of the system 
Freezing by the fire while you’re chilling to the bone 
Faceless in the crowd 
And there’s no place you call home 

Crazy from the heat and lost in deep despair 
Is there no solution, doesn’t anybody care? 
Can’t get your feet back on the ground 
Can’t you hear your voice, you can’t be found 

Victim of the system, there’s no place you can go Stranded by your country, left here on your own 

Victim of the system, isn’t a pity 

Victim of the system, living in the city 

solo 

Wanted and falling through the cracks 
Dying while lying on your back 
Victim of the system there’s no place you can go Left here by your country, left here on your own 

Victim of the system isn’t it a pity? 

Victim of the system living in the city 
 
 

VISUAL PRISON 

I’m watching you at home from my prison cell alone 
Trapped here inside my visual prison 
Deadly stare into the monitor screen 
Mesmerized by the latest scenes 

Switching channels from the ends of the earth Comatose by the thoughts received 
Visual Prison 
I’m trapped inside my visual prison 

The whole world’s alive from my field of vision Main attraction from across the sea 
To the wars in the holy land 
Chain reaction from a satellite 

My remote controller’s in my hand 
Visual Prison 
I’m trapped inside my visual prison 
The whole world’s alive from my field of vision 

I’ve got you in my sight 
You’re on my screen tonight 
You’re in my field of vision 

solo 

See life passing on the monitoring screen 
The world so small pictured here at my feet 
Visual decline etched upon my mind 
Trapped here inside my prison 

I’m trapped inside my visual prison 
The whole world’s alive from my field of vision 

Visual, visual prison 

I’m trapped inside my field of vision 
Visual prison, yea, visual prison 
I’ve got you in my sight 

Visual prison 
 
 

Everybody’s got their cross to bear The cards were dealt, life ain’t fair It’s what you do with what you got You can cry a little you can give a lot 

There’s always something to share The miracle of love is all you need To break the chains, to set you free And lately, I see, the loneliness will fade 

Falling, like a river from your eyes See the tears roll down, another victim of the night 
How far will people go? 

How long until it shows 
That we’ve been hiding from the light? 
I want to know what love always meant to be 
Cuz I’ve been blinded by the lie 

I’ve come this far to find I don’t know what I need 
Everyone’s got their cross to bear Calling, in the middle of the night When you need a friend, cuz something ain’t right 

Your heart is bought and sold 
And now it leaves you cold 
I want to know what love always meant to be 
Cuz I’ve been blinded by the lie 

I’ve come this far to find I don’t know what I need 
Everyone’s got their cross to bear 

solo 

The cards were dealt, and life’s unfair 
Everybody’s got their cross to bear Cross to bear 
Cross to bear 
Everybody’s got their cross to bear 
 
 

THE YOUNG AND THE RUTHLESS 

It doesn’t really matter to the kid any more 
No it doesn’t really matter at all 
It doesn’t really matter to the kid any more 

No it doesn’t, doesn’t, doesn’t Little Stevie’s got a Forty-seven Got one thing on his mind 
And he’s boasting all the time 

Making it clear he’s got nothing to fear 
When he’s running with the pack Rushing down the street 
He might not make it back 

The young and the ruthless 

The young and the ruthless 

Every night in the city lights 
See the murder in the streets Homicide is the latest craze 
You can do it on the screen 

Senseless killings in a brutal wave Another mindless crime 
Violence is their point of view 
In a twisted state of mind 

The young and the ruthless 
With nothing to fear 
The young and the ruthless 
With nothing to fear 
The young and the ruthless 
With nothing to fear