White Houses

White houses in neat little rows,
 Contrasting against the sky.
 Tumble down black shacks over the tracks,
 Children so hungry they could cry.
 The chrome the steel, the metal dream,
 Leaving the teeth which will rot.
 The escapist young mind left behind,
 Saving dimes for community pot.
 Better get straight
 You better, you better get straight, babe
 I feel, you better get straight right now
 You better get it
 You better, you better get straight baby
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 They're crying out for love all the time,
 But they fail to see the neighbors eyes.
 The TV is on the six o'clock news,
 And the channels are full color lies.
 Company meets, the president speaks,
 He's young but his bones creak.
 Young girl dresses for the high school dance
 And the guy next door is dying for a peek.
 Get straight, you better
 Yeah you better get straight, baby
 Oh, did you get what I say?
 I say it to you
 That you, you better,
 You better get it, babe
 You better, you better get straight, yeah
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 Before it's too late
 They put the Bible in the drawer of the motel room,
 And its crying out to be read.
 But is stays right there collecting dust,
 No one understands what's being said.
 Lovers make love in concrete boxes,
 What will tomorrow bring?
 They've been told that its wrong but they don't give a damn,
 Soon another life it will bring
 You better get straight baby
 Yeah, You
 You better get straight baby
 Oh and I think I'd better get myself together too, babe
 You know what I mean?
 I've been angry so very long
 I want to fly right here
 I want to do it all right
 I want to get it get it baby
 You better get it, you better get it
 You better get straight right now
 Because I've been told
 And I'm telling you baby
 Pass it on
 It's really good advice