Vandals

At night they go out and paint the town

a doorway, a stairway, a hall

in the heart of the city when there's no body else around

Dream writes dream on a big blank wall

and Progress has got his face in a magazine

and Stress has got a bucket of blue

when the cops come,

man they're gonna split the scene

they inline down the alley away from view

and Dream dreams of the future

and Progress dreams of clean

and Stress only dreams about stress

all over everything

and who would sing about a couple of vandals

Progress and Stress and Dream

dream

Stress has got a kind of brush says it's japanese

brags that he can tag about the size of a bus

and Progress has got a pen in a pocket

leaves a neat mark on a call-box

and when it's dawn Progress says 'I've got to get some sleep'

mmm-mmm-mmm says 'I never get enough

I'm in school I want to be an architect'

Stress says 'Man, you're just like the rest of us'

and Dream dreams of the future

and Progress dreams of clean

and Stress only dreams about stress

all over everything

and who would sing about a couple of vandals

Progress and Stress and Dream

dream

Dream goes home and she dreams a dream

in color, red, yellow and blue

on the biggest blank wall that you've ever seen

up there with the billboards

just like the big boys

and Dream dreams of the future

and Progress dreams of clean

and Stress only dreams about stress

all over everything

and who would sing about a couple of vandals

Progress and Stress and Dream

dream