Jackson Cage (Live at Wembley Arena, London, UK - 6/4/1981)

A one, two, three, four, one, two

Driving home, she grabs something to eat

Turns a corner and drives down her street

Into a row of houses, she just melts away

Like the scenery in another man's play

Into a house where the blinds are closed

To keep from seeing things she don't wanna know

She pulls the blinds and looks out on the street

Where the cool of the night takes the edge off the heat

In the Jackson Cage

Down in Jackson Cage

And you can try with all your might

But you're reminded every night

That you've been judged and handed life

Down in the Jackson Cage

Every day ends in wasted motion

Crossed swords on the killing floor

You settle back and you settle without knowing

The hard edge that you're settling for

There's always just one more day

And it's always gonna be that way

Little girl, you've been down here so long

I can tell by the way you move you belong

To the Jackson Cage

Down in Jackson Cage

And it don't matter just what you say

Are you tough enough to play the game they play?

Or will you just do your time and fade away

Down into the Jackson Cage?

There's nights when I dream of a better world

But I wake up just downhearted, girl

I see you feeling so tired and confused

And I wonder what it's worth to me or you

Just waiting to see some sun

Never knowing if that day will ever come

Left alone standing out on the street

To you become the hand that turns the key

Down in Jackson Cage

Down in Jackson Cage

Now tell me, can you understand?

The way that they will turn a man

Into a stranger to waste away

Down in the Jackson Cage