While the rich get their kicks with their affluent antics   Mr. Black sits and ponders their fate   He just sits in the gloom of his dimly-lit room   Waiting for them to swallow the bait      While the rich run their rackets he sits in his attic   And casually clocks their defeat   While the politicians cover up mistakes that they've made   And all the promises, the lies and deceits      A military coup has been long overdue   Now there's fighting and panic in the streets   Amid the mass disillusion, disorder and confusion   He will rise now, his plan is complete      But me, I'm only standing here   Watching it all go on and I'm watching it all go wrong   And it's painfully clear that the battle is near   And I wish I could just disappear      While Flash and his men drink champagne in their den   And debase life with crude ostentation   The poor cry for more, but they're reaching the point   Where the people can't stand any more      But me, I'm only standing here   Watching it all go on and I'm watching it all go wrong   And it's painfully clear that the battle is near   And I wish I could just disappear