Traffic Lights

When the traffic lights turned red

And a car kept going, well, nothing was said

It was quietly understood

That if he could do it, anyone could

I can do that, I can do that, I can do that, yeah!

But the queue remained and we felt the strain

Of being the majority obeying the authority

Of traffic lights turned red - traffic lights turned red

When the traffic lights turn green

And the car in front couldn't start, it seemed

Like he was holding us up to show

We were happy to stop until told to go

Oh no! No! No!

And the queue remained and we felt the strain

Of being the majority needing the authority

Of traffic lights turned green - traffic lights turned green

When the traffic lights broke down

There was a whole lot of cars reaching out of town

We were all too scared to move

Until a man in a uniform told us what to do

And as we drove on by

We wondered why

We hadn't gone the other way

Or gone ahead and said "Hooray!

Gone ahead and said "Hooray!

Gone ahead and said "Hooray!

Gone ahead and said "Hooray!

Gone ahead and said "Hooray!

The traffic lights are broken down!

The traffic lights are broken down!

The traffic lights are broken down!"

"The traffic lights are broken down!"

Beep! Beep!