Watching the people get lairy
It's not very pretty I tell thee
Walking through town is quite scary
And not very sensible either
A friend of a friend he got beaten
He looked the wrong way at a policeman
Would never have happened to Smeaton
And old Leodiensian

La ah ah, la la la la la
Ah ah ah, la la la la la

I predict a riot, I predict a riot
I predict a riot, I predict a riot

I tried to get in my taxi
A man in a tracksuit attacks me
He said that he saw it before me
Wants to get things a bit gory
Girls run around with no clothes on
To borrow a pound for a condom
If it wasn't for chip fat, they'd be frozen
They're not very sensible

La ah ah, la la la la la
Ah ah ah, la la la la la

I predict a riot, I predict a riot
I predict a riot, I predict a riot

And if there's anybody left in here
That doesn't want to be out there

Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah

Watching the people get lairy
It's not very pretty I tell thee
Walking through town is quite scary
And not very sensible

La ah ah, la la la la la
Ah ah ah, la la la la la

Oh, ah
I predict a riot, I predict a riot
I predict a riot, I predict a riot

And if there's anybody left in here
That doesn't want to be out there

I predict a riot, I predict a riot
I predict a riot, I predict a riot


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I Predict a Riot Lyrics as written by Charles Richard Wilson Andrew Robert White

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    He Predicts A Riot

    strider3005on June 19, 2005   Link
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    While I fully see the 'Chavscum' angle to this song, couldnt it also seen to be a good thing in the same way that Oasis 'Cigarettes and Alcohol' is obviously about a good night.

    Comrade_Liaron January 03, 2006   Link
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    London, 8/8/11

    stjimmyrocks92on August 09, 2011   Link
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    I am understanding it pk i m.

    gotanon January 21, 2005   Link
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    OMG! last night i met whitey from Kaiser Chiefs outside the Carling accadeny in glasgow and i was chatting 2 him. he felt really bad that me and my mates didnt have a ticket to the nme tour but i got my pic taken next to him and when i told him i liked his " house of kaiser I predict a riot" badge he said "oooh this was a fiver, dya wannit???" i was like "hellYEAH!!!!" so thats the story i have Andrew White's badge. oh yeh this song is brilliant and i cant wait for the album in march!!!!

    sOCS479on January 22, 2005   Link
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    It's about all the clubs closing @ the same time, forcing loads of people out onto the streets of the town (written about Leeds, but same for most places!) @ once. The chavs ("man in a tracksuit") think they're above the Indie people and so try to beat them up, causing a riot.

    Fab song!

    Pudeon January 28, 2005   Link
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    Wow this song is fantastisc, I love the Kaiser Chiefs! I know what Pude is saying, and have witnessed similar things myself.

    the_libertineon February 21, 2005   Link
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    This song is great Pude has got it completely right here. Ricky Wilson of Kaiser Chiefs says "We wrote it purely for Leeds but people in LA, San Francisco, New York and Russia still identify with it".

    twrxon February 25, 2005   Link
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    this song is soo cool...i love singing along to it

    frozen_in_fireon January 21, 2005   Link
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    this song is fabulouso!!! i just love it it makes me all happy and smiley both inside and out.... i just want to get up and shake my whole body about everytime it comes on.... i first saw it on a film called thirteen which also has more great songs on it.....

    Any body who likes this song is a nut nut :D:D:D.... wahoo im a nut nut!

    crazy_jojo186on January 26, 2005   Link

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