Police Reaction

You will find police reaction
When you're out walking the streets
Pointing guns in your direction
Flashing badges in the heat

Big man policeman guarding corners
Do as they say not how you feel
If you act out all your desires
The streets become a battlefield

You will find police reaction
When you're out walking the streets
Pointing guns in your direction
Flashing badges in the heat

So you play a catatonic piano
The only music ever heard
You suddenly cry out for freedom
But you don't recognize the word

There's gonna be police reaction
There is trouble on the streets
We don't need police protection
Coppers move to a truncheon beat

If there's gonna be police reaction
We will be there on the streets
We will be our own protection
Moving to the sound of freedom's beat

You hear the sound of your heart beating
You're doing things that aren't allowed
Confronting cops and law and order
You want it all and you want it now!

You will find police reaction
When you're out walking the streets
Pointing guns in your direction
Flashing badges in the heat

There's gonna be police reaction
There is trouble on the streets
We don't need police protection
Coppers move to a truncheon beat

If there's gonna be police reaction
We will be there on the streets
We will be our own protection
Moving to the sound of freedom's beat

Lyrics by Ralph Franklin - 1989