[Intro instrumentation - crisp and clean guitar and drum sound] [Verse] On closes, drives, crescents, lanes On avenues, streets, roads and motorways Pedestrians, cyclists, bikers, drivers... Running, cycling, riding, driving The cars go so fast Stopping, starting, swerving past People dodging, pushing, bumping Rushing, stumbling, stopping for nothing People live in dreams, it seems They wander between the cars Brakes squeak, tyres screech Cars' horns honk and beep [Chorus] Nightmare! It's a nightmare out there It's a nightmare Lyve nightmare out there It's a nightmare Like a nightmare out there No-one's got the time to spare for care [Instrumentation - good crisp sound] [Verse] And going in and out of town Cars are long in traffic jam Roundabouts are crammed with sound Of all the engines racing 'round It's never ending queues and streams Of traffic lights from red to green Then green to red, they stop again People flood when they see green men [Chorus] Nightmare It's a nightmare out there It's a nightmare Lyve nightmare out there It's a nightmare Like a nightmare out there No-one's got the time to spare for care [Instrumentation - good crisp sound] [Verse] On motor and dual carriageways More and more crash each day They speed along, the current's strong Through day and night they carry on Up and down, town to town To and from, all day long Back and forth, a racing course East, south, west and north. [Chorus] Nightmare! It's a nightmare out there It's a nightmare Lyve nightmare out there It's a nightmare Like a nightmare out there No-one's got the time to spare for care [Instrumentation with guitar presence and loud and proud] [Instrumentation Variation] {Verse - slightly quieter and building in volume] I grit my teeth and pull my hair Vehicles crashing everywhere I twist and turn and roll in my bed My dream's a nightmare filling my head Cars are wrecked and people screaming Fires are blazing, smoke is streaming Tears are flowing, crying, not knowing If lying injured loved ones are dying Nightmare It's a nightmare out there It's a nightmare Lyve nightmare out there It's a nightmare Like a nightmare out there It's a nightmare Lyve nightmare out there It's a nightmare Like a nightmare out there No-one's got the time to spare for care
