Lyric discussion by badgerboy 

Cover art for Rat Trap lyrics by Boomtown Rats, The

The guitarist now trains dogs. True story, he is on 'Over the rainbow' on the BBC, looking for a dog to play the part of Toto. Somehow, this is even worse than when I found out that Jeffrey off Rainbow was working as a shelf stacker in a supermarket.

They were soldiers once, and young...

A bit off-topic but just to add that Geoffrey Hayes later became a cab driver. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Hayes

As for Gerry Cott, it is not ALL bad. He is actually doing what he loves. And he still plays. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Cott

Unlike Garry Roberts who became an insurance salesman and then went into boiler maintenance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Roberts

Bob Geldof definitely had the best/most successful career after the band ended...