Street Showdown

(look) Blue and red flash round the block (listen)

Keep your head down

Static on the wire,

sirens in the lane

Tires squeal heavy in the freezing rain

Undercover cruisers creeping through the maze

Blue cloth tucked while they watch both ways

Spotlights cut across the brickwork wall

Nobody moving, nobody taking the call

Flashing through the avenue,

watch the blue squad

Shadow on the pavement,

walking through the fog (watch out)

Roll deep, head low,

keep the circle tight

Engines idling under streetlamp light

They patrol the corners,

we control the line

Stand firm, moving on our own time

Radio clicks, dispatch on the dash

Two-tone sedans looking for a clash

Footsteps echoing through the alleyway

We know the angles,

we know what not to say

Cold hands shoved inside the heavy coat

Lock eyes once, not a single word wrote

Badge on the chest,

band on the sleeve

Neither side ever gonna up and leave

Watch the perimeter

Hold it down

Flashing through the avenue,

watch the blue squad

Shadow on the pavement,

walking through the fog (hold it!)

Roll deep, head low,

keep the circle tight

Engines idling under streetlamp light

They patrol the corners,

we control the line

Stand firm, moving on our own time

Blue lights fading round the bend (yeah)

Till the sirens start again