Animals - White houses

White houses in neat little rowscontrasting against the skytumbled down black shacks over the trackschildren so hungry they could crythe chrome, the steel, the metal dreamleaving the teepee to rotthe escapist young mind, left behindsaving dimes for community potyou better get straightbetter, better get straight I feel you better get straight right nowbetter get straight babethey're crying out for loveall the timebut they fail to see the neighbors eyesthe TV is on, 6 o clock newsand channels in full colored liesthe company meets, the president speakshe's young but his bones creakyoung girl dresses for the highschool danceand the guy next door is dying for a peekget straightyou better, yes you better get straight babedid you hear what I said?I said to you, that you, you better get straightthey put a bible in a drawerof the motel roomand it's crying out to be readbut it stays right there, collecting dustno one understands what's being saidlovers make love in concrete boxeswhat will tomorrow bring?they've been told that it's wrongbut they don't give a damnsoon another life it will bringyou better get straight babeyeah, you better get straight baby