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It's to reveal that fucked up cop
Amped up on prescription pills
That brought my heart to a stop
And I want to tell you there's a riot coming
Like a drug in the water
A punch in the stomach makes sons into daughters
I met a girl on the square
Who showed me how to kill my cares
But once that's done, man, there's nothing to do
Time's running backwards from me and you
There's a riot coming
Like a drug in the water
A punch in the stomach makes sons into daughters
My body's running but I don't see why it bothers
Sat down in jail with this friend of mine
Who'd never close both his eyes
But one was shut all the time
To cover the thing he was scared of
While he watched with the other
There was a riot coming
Like a drug in the water
A punch in the stomach makes sons into daughters
There's a riot coming
There's a riot coming
There's a riot coming
Amped up on prescription pills
That brought my heart to a stop
And I want to tell you there's a riot coming
Like a drug in the water
A punch in the stomach makes sons into daughters
I met a girl on the square
Who showed me how to kill my cares
But once that's done, man, there's nothing to do
Time's running backwards from me and you
There's a riot coming
Like a drug in the water
A punch in the stomach makes sons into daughters
My body's running but I don't see why it bothers
Sat down in jail with this friend of mine
Who'd never close both his eyes
But one was shut all the time
To cover the thing he was scared of
While he watched with the other
There was a riot coming
Like a drug in the water
A punch in the stomach makes sons into daughters
There's a riot coming
There's a riot coming
There's a riot coming
Lyrics submitted by paper bag writer
Track duration: 03:44
"Riot Coming" as written by Steven P. Smith
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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which would make more sense, as the song is about drugs.
Who showed me how to kill my cares
But once that's done, man, there's nothing to do
Girl introduced him to heroin. Once the high is gone, what else is there to do but try to get high again? What's the point of even getting sober, because what else is there to do?
Oh, Elliott.
There is actually a storyville blue book on sale at ebay! That would be an awesome piece of American history--too bad it's $1,600.
And I think nickdunny has the interpretation down right.
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I dunno what he means by that first line but I'd never try and figure it out, Elliott's lyrics were too amazing for that. I prefer to see them from a personal point of view. Like I hear the chorus as...
"There's a riot coming, like a drug in the water.
A BUNCH in the stomach makes sons into daughters"
I feel like he may be talking about those prescription pills, taking a bunch of them in his stomach. But that's more a personal thing, I know what addiciton to painkillers can do. I guess the thought of it "making sons into daughters" is kinda scary, some prescription pills can cause impotence O_O