As the Sun Beat Down - The Taxpayers

When the fight broke on Brighton Road

Traffic stopped

Some old man hit the pavement

And they ushered in the cops

And the camera crews arrived

And people gathered all around

As the sun beat down

As the sun beat down

Picked up the phone

«It's no emergency, but come on over quick»

Ricky drove his old Ford truck over to give us both a lift

Headed for the hospital, that big one downtown

As the sun beat down

As the sun beat down

It was a day that broke records

Melting tar on every block

People dropping from the climate in the streets

Something died inside that sweltering garage

A sacrificial lamb in honor of the heat, yeah and…

And the sun beat down

And the sun beat down

And the sun beat down

And the sun beat down

August 23rd, 1959

Got word from the nurse there hadn’t been enough time

Screaming baby boy now slept without a sound

As the sun beat down