ON THE EDGE

John Jones / Lee Partis / Alan Prosser / Ian Telfer
Pukka Music 1999

First released on: Here I Stand, 1999

it's a brand new game, it's Globalisation
from Megamoney Corporation
Shanghai and Inverness
gotta sign on the dotted line for less
work and work, you won't get cold
sleep in your boots, don't get old
stand on your own feet, ready or not
it's friendly fire but you still get shot

I'm on the edge
I'm on the edge
looking over
looking over

the hustle, the hassle, jostle and the muscle
squeeze it out to the last corpuscle
that's what they mean by a fair deal
everybody's gonna be a spare wheel
Shanghai and Inverness
need instant relief from urban stress
says Little Miss Squeaky-Clean
with the ice-cold heart of a cash machine

just bring me something real
something to make me feel
more truth is what I need
never mind if it makes me bleed
Ronald McDonald's head
between two bits of bread
King Chaos come to town
the world turned upside down

I'm on the edge
I'm on the edge
looking over
looking over