Have you heard on the news
Another let off madman
Another screw on the loose?
Is it the judge or the badman?
What's the matter these days,
No one has the courage
To put them away,
Nobody has any faith
Cause there's a breakdown
Of justice and order.
Waiting for justice,
Waiting for justice of the peace.
Waiting for justice,
Waiting for justice of the peace.
When I remember back the memories of yesterday
With all the friends and all the times,
When people were carefree
And walking down the street,
When everyone knew everyone
And all the houses doors were open,
No had to care.
Those days are gone,
Those days are gone.
Waiting for justice,
Waiting for justice of the peace.
Waiting for justice,
Waiting for justice of the peace.
I long for the times when you could
Wander down the street unharmed,
When people didn't have much money
But didn't seem to care.
It must be the cynic in me
But I don't really like things now
The violence, the attitudes
Aggression that you see every day.
A sick society looks the other way.