It felt like it was such a long and distant time ago
But it’s merely been a month and yet the indications show
As you stare… through your… window

The elevator to your room is cramped and turns you ill
The speed and greed is untoward so you recall the stillness
As you stare… out there… below

The sun don’t shine on the streets of crime
You’re living in the city walls

It was only time but you’re now confined
To living in the city walls

No the sun don’t shine on the streets of crime
You’re living in the city… living in the city walls

This urban institution with its tainted, spiteful air
Central to suburbia, community widespread
Past the rural limits and the barren countryside
Finally you’ll come to see the land so free and wild

Potential for a whole lot more
Just step outside the city walls

Just free your eye, diversify
And step outside the city walls

Potential for a whole lot more
Just step outside the city… you gotta step outside

The city walls… city walls… city walls…
City walls… city walls… city walls…

There’s a new-found road to aspire for truth
Of what you thought you’d known and desired in your youth
With your small-town mind and your small-town soul
Now paralysed by city life as you recall

The happiness in your back yard
The peace inside your reservoir
Of what you know is already there
Rediscover undercover and reject

The city walls… city walls… city walls…

Now you’re not so blind with your open mind
You’ve stepped outside the city walls

You found the time to release confines
Of living in the city walls

Yeah you’re not so blind with your open mind
You’ve stepped outside the city… stepped outside the city walls