Blue lights in a late night summer sky
It starts on four and climbs to twenty more
You would have seen it from your ivory tower if you'd lived there
Could have made sure it never happened if you'd cared
Seventy-two, seventy-two, seventy-two
Seventy-two, seventy-two should haunt you
There are no lessons ever learned
When it's just the poor who burn
Red lights in a late night summer sky
Twelve years of fears always denied
You promised help that never came
Soon you'll conclude no-one's to blame
No-one's ever to blame
Seventy-two, seventy-two, seventy-two
Seventy-two, seventy-two should haunt you
There are no lessons ever learned
When it's just the poor who burn
Blue lights in a late night summer sky