• I take a steam train to work
    Just like the one my father took
    And I pass over the walls
    I see the people as I look

    I see there's the block
    For folks with purple skin
    There's the block for folks who have no chin
    There's the block for me & all my kin
    And over there's the change cage where we throw the rebels in

    I work the change cage
    Here on our side of the wall
    And I will hold the key until the day they say the cage will fall

    I work the change cage
    Here on our side of the wall
    And I will hold the key until the day they say the cage will fall

    Walls of iron bolted with steel
    Two miles high that should hide how we feel
    And in the city we've walled off each block
    This should work to segregate any racial melting pot

    Long ago we learned of the trouble
    When a man steps out of his life's plastic bubble
    So we walled off the city, caged thoughts that were free
    And now our lives are safe from any change that
    Could have come between you & me

    I work the change cage
    Here on our side of the wall
    And I will hold the key until the day they say the cage will fall

    I work the change cage
    Here on our side of the wall
    And I will hold the key until the day they say the cage will fall

    They say an artist from block 616
    Revived some old art just for his own kicks
    They say his pictures were lewd
    They say his women were nude
    So we throw them inside

    Well now that artist can run, he can hide
    But sooner or later we'll throw him inside
    I don't think the people should see
    Well that's not art to me
    So we'll throw them inside

    I work the change cage
    Here on our side of the wall
    And I will hold the key until the day they say the cage will fall

    And I will hold the key