logic of the law

in moonlight city now the basic norm

of hunger and the short cry of desire

is law when spoken by the coming storm

 

we thought your welcome was not very warm

but had not known then that matters were dire

in moonlight city now the basic norm

 

becomes the rule to which we must conform

because the signal that we must acquire

is law when spoken by the coming storm

 

some people watch as all the hungry swarm

upon the carcass lying on the byre

in moonlight city now the basic norm

 

demands so little yet we must perform

our futile magic since the rule of buyer

is law when spoken by the coming storm

 

truth once distorted will not then reform

all honest hope must vanish into fire

in moonlight city now the basic norm

is law when spoken by the coming storm