Caligula pines for a piece of the pie, he stole beg and lied And covered his eyes with a mask and a flag You say he's a curse but the cyclops are worse They sold our distress to a corporate mess in Taiwan for a dime Remember your punch as it threatened the air You didn't succeed but at least you did care for us Here in the year of the rat. Don't get me wrong I am not a peach, I drink more than I sing And I traded my dreams in the night for a crown I didn't whinge when they padlocked the gym But when drinking joints fell I whined and I screamed for the juice in my town Remember your throat as it funnelled the air You didn't do much but at least you did sing for us Here in the year of the rat Stay here as long as it lasts, alone I will crash Into a thousand million manic broken sullen weeping plastic cars They tore down the bridge and made England concede To terror and greed so that dragons in wigs could afford Their flats in Japan Last month they changed the rules of the game Now I am stuck in a cage with fear and regret as my pals for a while Remember your punch as it threatened the air You didn't succeed but at least you did care for us Here in the year of the rat