Elliott Smith Riot Coming Lyrics

Riot Coming Lyrics

In Storyville, I fucked a cop

Amped up on prescription pills

That brought my heart to a stop



And I wanna 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 never closed 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