Well, I'm about to get sick
  From watchin my TV
  Been checkin' out the news
  Until my eyeballs fail to see
  I mean to say that every day
  Is just another rotten mess
  And when it's gonna change, my friends,
  Is anybody guess
  
  So I'm watchin' and a-waitin'
  And a-hopin' for the best
  Even think I'll go to prayin'
  Everytime I hear 'em sayin'
  That there's no way to delay
  That trouble comin' every day
  
  Wednesday I watched the riot
  I seen the cops out on the street
  I watched 'em throwin' rocks and stuff
  And chokin' in the heat
  I listened to the reports
  About the whisky passin' 'round
  I seen the smoke and fire
  Of a market burnin' down
  I watched while everybody
  On the street would take his turn
  To stomp and smash and bash and crash
  And slash and bust and burn
  
  So I'm watchin' and a-waitin'
  And a-hopin' for the best