Road To Hell

Stood still on a highway I saw a woman by the side of the road 

With a face that I knew like my own 
reflected in my window. 
Well 
she walked up to my quarterlight and she bent down real slow 

A fearful pressure paralysed me in my shadows. 

She said: Son 
what are you doing here? 
My fear for you has turned me in my grave. 
I said: Mama 
I come to the valley of the rich 
myself to sell. 
She said: Son 
this is the road to hell. 

On your journey 'cross the wilderness from the desert to the well 
You have strayed upon the motorway to hell. 

We'll 
I'm standing by a river but the water doesn't flow 

It boils with every poison you can think of. 
Then I'm underneath the streetlights 
but the light of joy I know 
Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows. 

And the perverted fear of violence chokes a smile on every face 

And common sense is ringing out the bells. 
This ain't no technological breakdown 
oh no 

this is the road to hell. 

And all the roads jam up with credit 
and there's nothing you can do 

It's all just bits of paper flying away from you. 
Look out world 
take a good look what comes down here 

You must learn these lesson fast and learn it well. 
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway 

Oh no 
this is the road 
this is the road 
this is the road to hell