An insolent speck of youth
Being taken for a walk
So tightly by the ear
That he can hardly talk

Yesterday's men hang to today
To sing in the old-fashioned way
It must get better in the [bad word] Has to get better in the [bad word] 
metropolitan marathon
Has been held today
But who you need to catch
Will [bad word] the other way

Yesterday's men hang to today
To sing in any old way
It must get better in the [bad word] Has to get better in the [bad word] 
Because when you're told to start
How far can you go
When your race is won
And you already know
Because when you're told to stop
How far will you go
When your race [bad word] And you already know

Yesterday's men hang to today,
To sing in any old way,
It must get better in the [bad word] Has to get better in the [bad word] Will it get better in the [bad word] Will we be here in the [bad word] 
Yesterday's men hang to today,
To sing in any old way,
It must get better in the [bad word] Has to get better in the [bad word] Will it get better in the [bad word] Will we be here in the [bad word] 
Do, do, do, hang on in the [bad word]