The budget is busting
The purse strings are shut
Furloguhs are coming
The town will go nuts
Prisoners let go
Psych patients set free
You ask at the town hall
"what does this all mean?"
Crime starts to spike up
Cops overtime
MH workers are
All on their standbys
There is no money
What the hell shall we do?
No one knows [x3]
They're going wild in Portland
There's no money left in town
They're going wild in Portland
Hope they don't burn her down
The papers are heated
That mayor besieged
The senate is pleading
The guv is displeased
Public safety is
Turned up on it's head
Homicide numbers
Are now in the red
Hospitals, they too
Are feeling the bite
The er's are packed
Up on every night
There is no money
What the hell shall we do?
No one knows [x3]
They're going wild in Portland
There's no money left in town
They're going wild in Portland
Hope they don't burn her down
This is all around the USA
We see it in the news they play
We just happen to be in Portland today
Wild in Portland
These topics aren't popular
But they're in your face
We need another bailout
To save this place
Wild in Portland