There was a lot of rocking going on that night

Cruising time for the young bright lights

Just down past the gasworks, by the meat factory door

The five lamp boys were coming on strong

The Saturday night city beat had already started

And the, the pulse of the corner boys just sprang into action

And young Billy watched under the yellow street light

And said tonight of all nights there's gonna be a fight

Billy don't like it living here in this town

He says the traps have been sprung long before he was born

He says hope bites the dust behind all the closed doors

And pus and grime ooze from its scab crusted sores

There's screaming and crying in the high rise blocks

It's a rat trap Billy but you're already caught

But you can make it if you want to or you need it bad enough

You're young and good looking and you're acting kind of tough

Anyway it's Saturday night, time to see what's going down.

Put on the bright suit Billy, head for the right side of town

It's only 8 o'clock but you're already bored

You don't know what it is but there's got to be more

You'd better find a way out, hey kick down that door

It's a rat trap and you've been caught

In this town Billy says everybody tries to tell you what to do

In this town Billy says everybody says you gotta follow rules

You walk up to the traffic lights,

Switch from your left to right

You push in that button, and that button comes alight

It tells you

Walk don't walk, Walk don't walk

Talk don't talk, Talk don't talk

Walk don't walk, Walk don't walk

Talk don't talk, Talk don't talk

Hey Billy take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

Billy take a walk, take a walk, take a walk

Billy take a walk, take a walk, take a walk, hey Billy take a walk with me

Little Judy's trying to watch top of the pops

But mum and dad are fighting don't they ever stop,

She takes off her coat and walks down to the street

It's cold on that road, but it's got that home beat

Deep down in her pockets she finds 50p

Now is that any way for a young girl to be

I'm gonna get out of school work in some factory

Work all the hours God gave me get myself a little easy money

Now, now, now na na

Her mind's made up, she walks down the road

Her hands in her pockets, coat buttoned 'gainst the cold

She finally finds Billy down at the Italian cafe

And when he's drunk it's hard to understand what Billy says

But then he mumbles in his coffee and suddenly roars

It's a rat trap Judy and we've been caught

Rat trap, you've been caught in a rat trap

You've been caught in a rat trap

You've been caught in a rat trap