[ Featuring the Sirens ]
And the laughs we had
Came from watered down beer
Watered down beer at the City Hotel
And the laughs we had
Were born in springtime
For small change at the City Hotel
You left
I left
And the beat?
Yeah the beat goes on and on and on
You were walking home
Late one night
Car pulls up ahead on Fletcher
Two men get out
They've got a baseball bat
Left you for dead under big Ontario sky
Melissa and Barbara
Walking through town
Car rolls by, and Barbara is down
They threw a trailer hitch
"Hey, I got one of them!
Got one of the women from the reservation north of town."
You left
I left
And the beat?
Yeah the beat goes on and on and on
Dafonte Miller
You were chased down
By an off-duty cop and his brother
They used a metal pipe
You lost your eye
And now the brothers bend elbows
They make their confessions
Down at the City Hotel
You left (and the laughs we had)
I left (they came from watered down beer)
And the beat? (watered down beer at the City Hotel)
Yeah the beat goes on and on and on
You left (and the laughs we had)
I left (were born in springtime)
And the beat (for small change at the City Hotel)
Yeah the beat goes on and on and on
Yosif Al-Hasnawi,
Not even twenty
Gunned down for defending an old man
The paramedics delayed
Claimed you were faking
But you were dead inside of an hour
That night you asked me out
Went to the downtown mall
Had the manager's special at K-Mart
Strolled out into the night
Drinking cheap red wine
Followed the railway tracks straight out of town
You left (and the laughs we had)
I left (they came from watered down beer)
And the beat? (watered down beer at the City Hotel)
Yeah the beat goes on and on and on
You left (and the laughs we had)
I left (were born in springtime)
And the beat (for small change at the City Hotel)
Yeah the beat goes on and on and on
And the laughs we had
Were born in springtime
For small change at the City Hotel
