Rats

Composed by：Suzanne Vega/Gerry Leonard

Produced by：Gerry Leonard

Who has seen the biggest rat

People wanna know

I saw them in the basement

A long time ago

Jimmy said he saw a rat

Bigger than his head

It fell down from the ceiling

It ran across the bed oh

They're swarming in Barzini's

They've got nothing to eat

Like the gangs in West Side Story

They're fighting in the street

Part of Covid landscape

Ambulances peal

Underneath it all

Hear the rodent population squeal

Rats are on the warpath

Rats are on parade

Come and see them running through

The apocalypse man-made

Welcome to this urban life

Welcome to my city

Survival of the fittest

Is never very pretty

The rats came through the bottom

Of the Prius in the street

Attacked it with their yellow teeth

And ate up the back seat

Jimmy said he saw a rat

Bigger than his head

It fell down from the ceiling

It ran across the bed

Rats are on the warpath

Rats are on parade

Come and see them running through

The apocalypse man-made

Welcome to this urban life

Welcome to my city

Survival of the fittest

Is never very pretty

A terrifying sight

Feeling so much fright

Step over them in the evening

Hear them running through tunnels

In the subway in the night

Rats are on the warpath

Rats are on parade

Come and see them running through

The apocalypse man-made

Welcome to this urban life

Welcome to my city

Survival of the fittest

Is never very pretty

Rats are on the warpath

Rats are on parade

Come and see them running through

The apocalypse man-made

Welcome to this urban life

Welcome to my city

Survival of the fittest

Is never very pretty

Oh no

Oh no

Rats rats rats

Oh no

Welcome to this urban life