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West End Riot Lyrics
There's a kid who was born and was raised in the West
There's a kid from the East who never really fit in with the rest
Every week they would meet in the street with their friends
With the guns that they made and the caps that they stole they would fight to their death
This time we'll have victory
Last time ended in a defeat
Our town becomes a battleground
West End Riot
We'll be here next Saturday
With our guns and our heads held high
So listen up boys, you'd better not cry this time
See a bum on the street that you think you recognise
Young kid never looked so bad, when he was only 4ft high
Six o'clock runnin' home I don't wanna be late
Another Saturday of sun and war shared with our mates
Boys will be boys playing up and making lots of noise
Never used to talk about the future
Never thought that we'd have to care
So WEST END RIOT!!!
There’s a man who was born in the West workin’ at a factory
There’s a man from the East who know runs the whole company
How they’ve grown on their own not like the kids they used to be
Saturdays of sun and war are just fond memories
There's a kid from the East who never really fit in with the rest
Every week they would meet in the street with their friends
With the guns that they made and the caps that they stole they would fight to their death
Last time ended in a defeat
Our town becomes a battleground
We'll be here next Saturday
With our guns and our heads held high
So listen up boys, you'd better not cry this time
Young kid never looked so bad, when he was only 4ft high
Six o'clock runnin' home I don't wanna be late
Another Saturday of sun and war shared with our mates
Never used to talk about the future
Never thought that we'd have to care
So WEST END RIOT!!!
There’s a man from the East who know runs the whole company
How they’ve grown on their own not like the kids they used to be
Saturdays of sun and war are just fond memories
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It's about differences between eastern and western suburbs in Melbourne's inner city. :)
ahhhh childhood memories!!! WEST END RIOT!!!
GREAT SONG!!!
THe song Roll on is not about a riot(most people i know think it is)its about growing up and when you look back like your not freinds w. certain people becuase of their place in society.
I've never heard anyone say that this song is about a riot...it's pretty obvious what it's about.
nice song from a even betta band
two cliques that despise each other
i kind of agree with zyxi, but i don't think the suburbs are the inner city suburbs. eastern suburbs like kew, camberwell, toorak and hawthorn are wealthy, and are home to melbourne's influential. western suburbs, however, are portrayed as working class. UnitedWeFall is also correct, kids will play with any other kid, regardless of social status. however as they age, social status becomes evident to them, so they will discriminate based on that. the last verse really shows what i'm trying to explain:
"There’s a man who was born in the West workin’ at a factory There’s a man from the East who know runs the whole company How they’ve grown on their own not like the kids they used to be Saturdays of sun and war are just fond memories"
east = big CEO's west = labourers might have been friends as kids, but now they're in opposite social classes that's my two cents worth anyway :)
Insane Canine is right, the song is about two kids from different sides of Melbourne that are friends as kids but get swallowed up in the cliques and social classes thereby becoming enemies.
i was under the impression that it was about war and all the innocent children that fight in them