Cocktails

this song is great. i love the chorus. i think it's "and i sure don't want your respect" instead of aspect but i don't know it's a hard song to understand

"Tompkins Square never changed" Tompkins Square is a park in Manhattan that is well known for being the place where a person can buy and sell drugs. " In a squat, down Avenue "C", Lord have mercy" Avenue "C" is a street in Manhattan

Yeah, its about a junkie girl that lives in Manhattan. One of my favorites songs by Rancid. The harmonica combines very well with the melody. And Tim voice´s do the rest.

But the lyrics are incomplete.

Broke toke toke, the line is choked, Smoked the last dollar to her name. Are you buying? Are you selling girl? Tompkins Square never changed. And if I really wanna know What it means for her to be free. Oh, she’s mixing cocktails In a squat down avenue C.

Lord, have mercy!

Yeah, the parasitic cling on, but mostly , yeah, Oh, they give her a fight. His just covered shallow so I know There won’t be no fuckin’ rainbow in sight. And they deny allegations those juries make, Oh man, oh, get out the door! She was left in a silent

And I ain’t looking for answers, I don’t want nothing for free. And I sure don’t want your respect, I just wanna know who’s talking to me?

I just wanna know who’s talking to me?

I know she’s jacked on whore-girls smack, And trepidation So she them, oh, and confuse them, Or annoy them ___

___ unstoppable for you and me. She won’t relinquish herself to you Unless it’s an emergency.

Yeah, she can cry she can hide in the lower east side, There’s a loop in a fast lane curse. Oh, before they’re infamous, We get a circus, not of fools. And If I really want to know How the pernicious stay on top. Oh they don’t break, no they don’t think Then they don’t wake, they don’t stop.

And I ain’t looking for answers, I don’t want nothing for free. And I sure don’t want your respect, I just wanna know who’s talking to me?

I just wanna know who’s talking to me?

Still not sure on a few details, but it's slightly better than what's above.

This song has great structure with the Harmonica that adds a lot. And Tims vocals add more. One of my favourite songs.

i cant see how anyone wouldnt like this song. its rancid at their best.

Ahh first of all, fucking amazing song. Tim Armstrong can be pretty damn awesome.

And I'll see what I can do for the lyrics, building off skacore_dude's entry.

can be shallow so, I know There won't be no fucking rainbow in sight And they deny allegations those journalists make Oh man, they'll get outta control She was left in a silent anger So elegant and beautiful

I know she's jacked on whore-girl smack And trepidation ain't nothing new So she ____ them to confuse them, To annoy them, that's what she'll do She regulates, she concentrates, she don't know [all the live versions say 'know', it sounds different on the CD] What's unstoppable for you and me She won't relinquish herself to you Unless it's an emergency

Sorry I can't get everything, but I was listening to the CD and two videos of them live and figured out what I could.

Some might say I have no life, since I just did that for a half hour. Some might be right.

Peace&Unity

im surprised no ones mentioned Leftover Crack for this song. LOC and the whole crack rock steady crew originated on avenue c at C-Squat in new york. they've had some infamous shows (cracktoberfest) in tompkins square park.

I think it's "She vexes them to confuse them"

That's what it sounds like to me.

i think it's "she was left braced in a silent anger"