Government bureaucrats leading this poor guy away by the wrist to 'lord knows only where'. Why? Remember a really dumb idea called Urban Renewal? Big idea in the early 1970's where they'd go into a city and bulldoze huge sections of old (old=bad) buildings to make room for new (new=good) buildings. Ray is one who reveres the old ways, and the song defiantly declares he's going to beat those people in grey. Unfortunately, the last line of the chorus tells us who wins the struggle... 'But here come the people in grey... to take me away'. Never, ever trust any government to do what you can do for yourself.
Government bureaucrats leading this poor guy away by the wrist to 'lord knows only where'. Why? Remember a really dumb idea called Urban Renewal? Big idea in the early 1970's where they'd go into a city and bulldoze huge sections of old (old=bad) buildings to make room for new (new=good) buildings. Ray is one who reveres the old ways, and the song defiantly declares he's going to beat those people in grey. Unfortunately, the last line of the chorus tells us who wins the struggle... 'But here come the people in grey... to take me away'. Never, ever trust any government to do what you can do for yourself.