The girl in the park lays deadly still, she's up on the top, top of the hill, she's got all the things you read about, all the things you'll have to live without...
Hey,
At the end of the block, there's a family of four, they got food on the table and a little more, and everyday they work and save just to keep the hunger away.
Hey,
And they hear, 16 tambourines
16 tambourines, do you know what I mean?
Kids on the block in the summer's heat, they got little to do and less to eat, And they watch the water running by and at night they lay in the bed and just want to cry.
Hey
In a black car under the skyscraper, sits a big man, he's a money maker, he's got all the things you ever wanted, and all the things you'll ever doubt you'll need.
Hey
And they hear, 16 tambourines,
16 tambourines, 16 tambourines, do you know what I mean?
In a dream flat, in the suburbs
There's a mom and a dad and a boy and his girl. They got a car in the garage and everything else Uncle Sam would let them sign for.
Hey
In a big town of a hundred thou
There is a here and tomorrow today and a now, and they are building up and cashing in, i can see it in their faces smell it in their dreams.
Hey
And they hear, 16 tambourines,
16 tambourines, 16 tambourines, 16 tambourines Do you know what I mean?