Spirit of '76 - Live

It's the hottest summer anyone can remember
 Everybody knows something's gonna start
 This fella sings with a hundred and one reasons
 For you to give him the keys, the keys to your heart
 Guitars crash land in flames from hell
 With bullets for rich or poor
 A voice rings out like a bell
 Cutting trough the chaos of hate and war
 Back to basics, guitar picks, drumsticks – spirit of '76
 Sceptics, slapsticks, limericks and plastics – spirit of '76
 Convicts, ethnics, mavericks and beatniks – spirit of '76
 Psychics, mystics, politics and con tricks – spirit of '76
 While Mister Nasty makes enemies of new statesmen
 And others jam with soul but nothing new
 And Yankee cars play the same old, on the stereo
 He walks up to the mike and he shows us what to do
 Music like this can kick down doors
 Dressed in rags with style
 They don't believe the truth no more
 A white riot leaves them bleeding in the aisles
 Back to Basics, guitar picks, drumsticks – spirit of '76
 Sceptics, slapsticks, limericks and plastics – spirit of '76
 Convicts, ethnics, mavericks and beatniks – spirit of '76
 Psychics, mystics, politics and con tricks – spirit of '76
 And nothing's gonna be the same again
 Said nothing's gonna be the same again
 Music like this can kick down doors
 Dressed in rags with style
 They don't believe the truth no more
 A white riot leaves them bleeding in the aisles