Listen to the sirens singing in the street
Listening for the whispers, listen for the screams
Listen to the footsteps, for behind you they creep
It ain't the NOPD
It's the rat-a-tat rat-a-tat rat-a-tat symphony
Lights like are flashing down on the corner
Looks we got ourselves a visit from the coroner
First paramedics soon arrive
Detectives from homicide
Crime is taking our city out for a ride
Packing a heater under my arm
Keeping the alarm under the car
Barring up my windows, locking the doors
Saving up my money to move to the Northshore
There's a murder a day here, that's the score
Since it's a leap year, we might be getting one more
It's a growth industry that many deplore
But nobody's mindin' the store
At least our boys don't have to go off to war
Send us your sick, your tired or downtrodden
Anyone with a uniform or gun
Who cares there about that residency
When we're accepting troopers from Harry Lee?
Taste the fear that's in the air
The Council can taste it and even the mayor
Maybe we should send a plate to Baton Rouge
Let the governor can taste this down-home food
It ain't the just-a right
They ain't arrestin' right
Citizens safe at night
This ain't no life
This life here ain't easy
My' stomach's kind of queasy
I think I could use a bromide
Since crime is taking our city out for a ride