World in Action (Take It Away Daddio)

It's hard to say what's gonna happen today
It's a difficult situation
Hold on tight, it's gonna work all right
The radio tells the nation

While a boozy old man in the alley gets cold
A baby gets left on the station
Oh, work it out fast 'cause we've got to keep
The world in action

Newsflash story brings a tear to your eye
Well, someone must be getting uneasy
Bring it all home to the boys up there
Who are doing their best to please me

Then a foot in the door puts the pressure on you
And a letter says: 'Pay it up quickly'
'We need it all now if we're gonna'
'Keep the world in action'

Every night it's the same old story
When the lights get low
A lonely man puts his back to the wall
'Cause there's nowhere else to go, so let it go

Then it's back again to that same old story
Wandering down the road
Waiting for the chance of something
If you get it, let it show

It's hard to do what they want you to do
Everyone moving somewhere
Oh, come on, come on, boy, get it all done
You're sitting back going nowhere

Then a piece of good luck puts a finger on you
You're up in the sky, you're a hero
You got it all done, now you've
Got to keep the world in action