Crackdown Lyrics - Singles - Grant Lee Buffalo

Music of a southern day and the nectar of brass 

Spilling into Congo Square where the queens used to pass 

There lies no greater place for one left to drift 

And there hides no greater lie and no bigger myth 

And in the heat of crackdown, all is silent 

Just before the match is struck and the gas is poured along roads 

But in the heat of crackdown, all is silent underneath 

Gunned down in the drive, a foreign exchange 

Student from Japan whose fate, it was shortchanged 

You saw it all when it made the national news 

How the isolated incident occurred in Baton Rouge 

And in the heat of crackdown, all is silent 

Just before the match is struck and the gas is poured along roads 

But in the heat of crackdown, all is silent underneath 

And it's a crackdown on beliefs 

Everyone watching the events from the sky 

No bodies touching, don't wish to prize 

Into our own lives, into our own 

Terrorism terrify, tear the truth in two 

Seeks to paralyze, weaken, turn the screws 

But only cowards could create the okay bomb 

'Cause no bomb is okay when there can be no calm 

And in the heat of crackdown, all is silent 

While the voice of power over roars, condemns the songs of 

Innocence and finally it's a crackdown on beliefs 

Oh, it's a crackdown on beliefs and it's a crackdown on beliefs 

Oh oh oh, and this is a crackdown on beliefs 

(Na na, na na) 

Will you have a crackdown on beliefs? 

(Na na, na na) 

This a crackdown on beliefs 

This is a crackdown, this is a crackdown 

This is a crackdown, this is a crackdown