Rats in the basement The family upstairs Grow, grow Tall as can be for the family On the fourth floor, oh Everyone here will have love for sale Today the stars are on the ground The girl is on the game If she don't get a job She won't be back to play Rats in the basement The family upstairs Food on the table And strangers that swear Doves in the attic And dogs on the stairs Legends that die And live again Wait, see Peroxide and pearls oh they come and go A knock on the door, oh-hoh Who is outside Is the dog all right Dad's on the floor, these crumbling stairs Are no solid ground Heroes never fall Legends never found The rats in the basement The family upstairs Food on the table And strangers that swear Doves in the attic And dogs on the stairs Legends that die And live again Won't you come back again and take her hand Won't you come back again and take her hand Help them to understand what makes a man And if they don't mind tell them to find Rats in the basement The family upstairs Food on the table And strangers that swear Doves in the attic And dogs on the stairs Legends that die And live again Rats in the basement The family upstairs Food on the table And strangers that swear Doves in the attic And dogs on the stairs Legends that die And live again They live again