(Verse 1) Concrete mattress, iron park bench Breathing in the exhaust and the city stench Cardboard castle when the rain comes down The invisible ghosts of this wealthy town Diving in the dumpsters, hunting for the cans Five-cent salvation in a working man's hands Crushing up the aluminum, sorting out the glass While the suit-and-tie parasites push right past! (Chorus) Screaming into the void! (No one hears!) Drowned out by the traffic and the passing years! Pushing all their lives in a shopping cart Modern society is tearing them apart! Raw desperation! Total isolation! The forgotten casualties of a broken nation! (Verse 2) Wheels keep squeaking on the grocery trolley Everything they own in a plastic bag of folly Blankets and memories, a tattered winter coat Stranded on the pavement, completely afloat Eyes fixed straight ahead, the crowd walks by Look the other way so you don’t see 'em cry Step over the body, ignore the pleading hand Just another shadow in the promised land! (Chorus) Screaming into the void! (No one hears!) Drowned out by the traffic and the passing years! Pushing all their lives in a shopping cart Modern society is tearing them apart! Raw desperation! Total isolation! The forgotten casualties of a broken nation! (Bridge) (Fast, aggressive build-up) It’s unfair! It’s obscene! The cogs and the gears of the corporate machine! One bad week, one stroke of bad luck And the system spits you out and doesn't give a fuck! Desperation! Loneliness! Misfortune and pain! Left out to rot in the freezing cold rain! (Guitar Solo / Bass Break) (Chorus) Screaming into the void! (No one hears!) Drowned out by the traffic and the passing years! Pushing all their lives in a shopping cart Modern society is tearing them apart! Raw desperation! Total isolation! The forgotten casualties of a broken nation! (Outro) Turn cash from the trash! Sleep rough in the cold! Another human being bought, broken, and sold! Look 'em in the eye! Don't walk on by! Don't walk on by! (Scream) Wake up!
