In Zurich Lyrics & Chords By Christy Moore

Young people on the street they meet Underneath the lamplight bright Outside diamond jewellery windows Dazzling their sight tonight Anger in their blood it pounds Echoes in a hollow sound It all comes tumbling down In Zurich What the children learn at school Is all that glitters must be gold Those who don't accept this rule Find themselves out in the cold Send there by well-to-do Beautiful people Who don't have time for the likes of you In Zurich It all began one morning find The government money came to town A fortune went to the concert hall Not one penny trickled down To the youth center in the middle of town They want to close it down Don't want youngsters hangin' round In Zurich Suddenly a sparked light Upon that well remembered night In the flash with bricks and bottles Came a most surprising sight Fired by a smoldering heat 5.000 angry children meet And break every window in that most beautiful street In Zurich Anarchy in streets of gold Lights are flashing, sirens wail Frightened eyes behind the windows Watch young ones go to jail Soldiers in well armed ranks Behind water cannon tanks With plastic bullets to protect the banks Of Zurich How can such trouble be? Is this the writing on the wall? The pillars of society Make a very anxious call Quietly the call for peace Discipline to say the least What we need is more police In Zurich From the gardens of Geneva To the flowered streets of Amsterdam Inside the walls of West Berlin Trouble goes from hand to hand Children in the cold Bring anarchy to streets of gold That's what I was told In Zurich