The Elephant's Graveyard Lyrics - Mondo Bongo - Boomtown Rats

Did you slip the noose when the beast broke loose 

The elephants graveyard ain't the place to be 

And white turns black, dies of heart attack 

The elephants graveyard needs the change of scene. 

You got the money, but who needs the tension 

And fear's no cheaper on the old age pension 

There's just one thing that I forgot to mention 

What've you got to lose when you know 

You're guilty 'till proven guilty 

Isn't that the law 

Guilty 'till proven guilty 

That's what we saw 

Do the blue rinse shuffle with the beach boy muscle 

Waiting all your life for this golf cart life 

You see the judge and then you check the jury 

She does her hair and calls the lawyer curti 

It's Disneyland under martial law 

Titch on the TV tell me what you saw 

They wre guilty 'till proven guilty etc.... 

Justice isn't blind 

It just looks the other way 

Not from want of trying 

I have nothing left to say 

The sky burns bright, 24 hour night 

And you don't pay death duties when your on death duty 

You came here looking for the peace and quiet 

The healthy air and the healthy diet 

The sea's so calm but the street's a riot 

Taken years off your life when you've no years left to give 

Yeah you're 

Guilty 'till proven guilty etc. 

Shame shame shimmy shame. 

Shame shame shimmy shame.