Cops and junkies hurl their sophistries
And hail cacophony
Try not hard to shake this off of me
Howl you fools, it's all for naught
But on 16th street we wait for holiness
Vaccinate ourselves from loneliness
Masquerade through homes of homelessness
And oh, I hope we'll not get over this
Here the now is now upon us
Ancients have no more to loan us
All our debts unpaid
On 16th street we rise in numbers
Once a name now just a number
Scream for all the unsaid, unheard prisoners on parade
Sweet Dolores, mi mamasita
Seems each day I still re-meet you
Disculpame mi pobrecita
Guess I left things incomplete
But all this noise will soon be over
So let's drink until you're halfway sober
Red rover's already over
But the last thing that we need is closure
Now it's time for us to swallow all this loss until tomorrow
Pay back all the time we've borrowed
Anger well displayed
On 16th street we fall in numbers
No one questions, no one wonders
Scream for all the unsaid, unheard hoodlums on parade