Got beggars and clerks 
Got teachers and kids 
Elected men off work 
Defrocked preachers forbid 
I wonder how they can stand it 
Or if they care at all 
As they waste the last few days 
Before the fall 

Homesick prisoners 
And party throwers 
With all their honored guests 
And their going nowheres 
You know i cannot be bothered 
Just ain't no point at all 
I've done a lot of screaming 
But no one would heed the call 
Before the fall 

Talk show hosts 
Prophets and the police 
Swinging bachelor ghosts 
And lone divorcees 
I don't wanna hear no more 
Not a word about this at all 
No use to keep on screaming 
'Cause no one will heed the call 
Before the fall