Afternoon Matinee: Protest - Riot

Performed by Dead Kennedys

Rioting, the unbeatable high

Adrenalin shoots your nerves to the sky

Everyone knows this town is gonna blow

And it's all gonna blow right now

Now you can smash all the windows that you want

All you really need are some friends and a rock

Throwing a brick never felt so damn good

Smash more glass, scream with a laugh

And wallow with the crowds

Watch them kicking peoples' ass

But you get to the place

Where the real slave drivers live

It's walled off by the riot squad

Aiming guns right at your head

So you turn right around

And play right into their hands

And set your own neighborhood

Burning to the ground instead

Riot, the unbeatable high

Riot shoots your nerves to the sky

Riot, playing right into their hands

Tomorrow you're homeless

Tonight it's a blast

Get your kicks in quick

They're callin' the National Guard

Now could be your only chance

To torch a police car

Climb the roof, kick the siren in

And jump and yelp for joy

Quickly dive back in the crowd

Slip away, now don't get caught

Let's loot the spiffy Hi-Fi store

Grab as much as you can hold

Pray your full arms don't fall off

Here comes the owner with a gun

Riot, the unbeatable high

Riot shoots your nerves to the sky

Riot, playing right into their hands

Tomorrow you're homeless

Tonight it's a blast

The barricades spring up from nowhere

Cops in helmets line the lines

Shotguns prod into your bellies

The trigger fingers want an excuse, now

The raging mob has lost its nerve

There's more of us but who goes first

No one dares to cross the line

The cops know that they've won

It's all over but not quite

The pigs have just begun to fight

They club your heads, kick your teeth

Police can riot all that they please

Riot, the unbeatable high

Riot shoots your nerves to the sky

Riot, playing right into their hands

Tomorrow you're homeless

Tonight it's a blast

Riot, the unbeatable high

Riot shoots your nerves to the sky

Riot, playing right into their hands

Tomorrow you're homeless

Tonight it's a blast

Tomorrow you're homeless

Tonight it's a blast

Tomorrow you're homeless

Tonight it's a blast

Tomorrow you're homeless

Tonight it's a blast

Tomorrow you're homeless

Tonight it's a blast

Tomorrow you're homeless

Tonight it's a blast

Tomorrow you're homeless

Tonight it's a blast

~ from Lyric Wiki ~