Dolly Bird

Little dolly bird Have you ever seen all the things that surround you? Think before your words Have a listen and all life sings will astound you Race war in the street outside High rates of teenage suicide People fighting for their lives And coward, mislead kids with knives Have you ever heard? Heard the sound of a gun or the hungry crying? Little dolly bird No, I don't see how you could as you spend time lying Wealthy on your sunbed And that shiny make-up forehead's not real Just doing it how you feel We all have the same twеnty-four hours in a day It's up to you what to do with it, really But don't dare break thе law Or we'll be breaking up the party So freely criticize them Yet you'd hardly recognize them Now you're trying to advise them As you equally surmise them Compelling with your lies And telling us that they're to blame You ought to hang your head in shame Some miles away Lies Suzanna and Tony with a café in their living room Earning your pay In Salvador, Brazil is far too much for your head to consume It's a good thing you're a pretty girl 'Cause that's what's got you out the gritty world And while you work a couple hours Suzie can't afford a shower but to feel a little power tell her Take more money just to make more money Crack a little smile if the joke's not funny You're a playboy bunny and talking's set you up for a fall You just don't know the world at all All for the rise and not the fall Remember a day, remember a time When it wasn't such a nursery rhyme No one to help, no one to hear Well, imagine it year after year It's a good thing you're a pretty girl It must be nice to be a pretty girl