When the traffic lights turned red 
And a car kept going, well, nothing was said 
It was quietly understood 
That if he could do it, anyone could 
I can do that, I can do that, I can do that, yeah! 
But the queue remained and we felt the strain 
Of being the majority obeying the authority 
Of traffic lights turned red - traffic lights turned red 
When the traffic lights turn green 
And the car in front couldn't start, it seemed 
Like he was holding us up to show 
We were happy to stop until told to go 
Oh no! No! No! 
And the queue remained and we felt the strain 
Of being the majority needing the authority 
Of traffic lights turned green - traffic lights turned green 
When the traffic lights broke down 
There was a whole lot of cars reaching out of town 
We were all too scared to move 
Until a man in a uniform told us what to do 
And as we drove on by 
We wondered why 
We hadn't gone the other way 
Or gone ahead and said "Hooray! 
Gone ahead and said "Hooray! 
Gone ahead and said "Hooray! 
Gone ahead and said "Hooray! 
Gone ahead and said "Hooray! 
The traffic lights are broken down! 
The traffic lights are broken down! 
The traffic lights are broken down!" 
"The traffic lights are broken down!" 
Beep! Beep!