"Powder Keg" lyrics

Don't go out on the street tonight
Cause there's something going down
It's a taunt and a dare, and it hangs in the air
Like a cold evil fog on the town
Something dirty went on between midnight and down
And some people lay dead on the ground
And when street people die, it's an eye for an eye
It's just that way in this part of town

And it slithers and whispers down the alleys and halls
It screams out and bounces off the tenement walls

It's like a powder keg, sitting on a powder keg
Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg dynamite load
Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg
That's just about to explode

Don't go out on the road tonight
Cause the traffic is insane
And it screams and it howls and it thunders and growls
And where speed is the name of the game
Cause there's some people out there who don't know and don't care
They're a dangerous blight on the land
Cause they drive when they drink never stopping to think
That they're taking your life in their hands

A wheel in their hands is like a murder machine
There's blood on the highway, it's a terrible scene

It's like a powder keg, sitting on a powder keg
Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg dynamite load
Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg
Just about to explode

Don't go out in the world tonight
There's a feeling of doom everywhere
Where the violence abounds in the cities and towns
On the land, on the sea, in the air
Here comes a man with a gun in his hand
And he's coming to take you away
To a place you don't know where you don't want to go
For ransom nobody will pay

And if it happens it could be your last ride
A lion walks among us, there's no place to hide

It's like a powder keg, sitting on a powder keg
Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg dynamite load
Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg
Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg dynamite load
Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg
Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg dynamite load
Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg
Just about to explode
Just about to explode