Don't go out on the street tonight Cause there's something going down It's a taunt and a dare, and it hangs in the air Like a cold evil fog on the town Something dirty went on between midnight and down And some people lay dead on the ground And when street people die, it's an eye for an eye It's just that way in this part of town And it slithers and whispers down the alleys and halls It screams out and bounces off the tenement walls It's like a powder keg, sitting on a powder keg Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg dynamite load Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg That's just about to explode Don't go out on the road tonight Cause the traffic is insane And it screams and it howls and it thunders and growls And where speed is the name of the game Cause there's some people out there who don't know and don't care They're a dangerous blight on the land Cause they drive when they drink never stopping to think That they're taking your life in their hands A wheel in their hands is like a murder machine There's blood on the highway, it's a terrible scene It's like a powder keg, sitting on a powder keg Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg dynamite load Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg Just about to explode Don't go out in the world tonight There's a feeling of doom everywhere Where the violence abounds in the cities and towns On the land, on the sea, in the air Here comes a man with a gun in his hand And he's coming to take you away To a place you don't know where you don't want to go For ransom nobody will pay And if it happens it could be your last ride A lion walks among us, there's no place to hide It's like a powder keg, sitting on a powder keg Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg dynamite load Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg dynamite load Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg dynamite load Powder keg, sitting on a powder keg Just about to explode Just about to explode