Riot on Broad Street — текст песни (Mighty Mighty Bosstones)

My father once told this to me

Bostons gritty history

Another ruthless battle

In a useless holy war

Handed down discrepancies

And tensions thatll never ease

One early afternoon on broad street

It blew up down there for sure



Broad streets just not broad enough

And you just dont love God enough

And if that isnt odd enough

Weve taken too much crap

Youve pushed us round the sod enough

Wee scrapped and rapped and jawed enough

Poked, provoked and prod enough

Somethings gonna snap



The boston fire fighting volunteers

On their way to fight a fire somewhere

Met with a funeral procession

Proceeding way too slow

A brownstone burns out of control

We need to lay to rest this soul

Loggerheads on broadstreet

Eye to eye and toe to toe



Broad streets just not broad enough

And you just dont love God enough

And if that isnt odd enough

Weve taken too much crap

Youve pushed us round the sod enough

Wee scrapped and rapped and jawed enough

Poked, provoked and prod enough

Somethings gonna snap



Riot down on broad street

Hand me a brick, a stick, a picket

Bottle, axe or cobblestone

Riot down on broad street

And if Im going down

Hell, Im not going down alone

I wont go down alone



And when the fight was over

They retired to the clover,

Silver dollar, thirsty scollar

Whatever pubs they had back then

The brownstone was in ashes

Broken bones and bloody gashes

And a casket sat on broad street

til the sun came up again



Broad streets just not broad enough

And you just dont love God enough

And if that isnt odd enough

Weve taken too much crap

Youve pushed us round the sod enough

Wee scrapped and rapped and jawed enough

Poked, provoked and prod enough

Somethings gonna snap



Riot down on broad street

Hand me a brick, a stick, a picket

Bottle, axe or cobblestone

Riot down on broad street

And if Im going down

Hell, Im not going down alone

And if Im going down

Hell, Im not going down alone

And if Im going down

Hell, Im not going down alone



Theres a riot down on broad street (x 4)