There's a kid down in the underground Waging psychedelic war While a call girl checks a guy's credit card On a midnight crawl There's a boy with a laser eye Shooting the neon sky It's an electronic age The terraces dance to the tune of the camera It's a hooligan's faze Here we come the life brigade Watch out for the life brigade The race is on for Africa Can we save the poor? The preachers buy up network time It's all in God's cause The world sang a song for Nelson Mandela What a birthday show The faces were smiling on acid house music What a way to go Here we come the life brigade Watch out for the life brigade Do you know just what you're looking for? When the wind blows in an age of change The closeness that we once knew and held so dear Seems so distant now in a cold world of greed -Solo- Hitler's in the Sunday Sport An alien from World War Three Ronnie Reagan's out to graze It's the cowboy's final scene The wrappers are wrappin' Plastic is flashin' Another rent boy's caused a stink It's a ghetto blaster Not a major disaster It's just the way a generation thinks Here we come the life brigade Watch out for the life brigade Here we come the life brigade Watch out for the life brigade