In the Heat of the Summer Phil Ochs

[Verse 1]
In the heat of the summer
When the pavements were burnin'
Soul of a city was ravaged in the night
After the city sun was sinkin'

[Verse 2]
Now no one knows how it started
Why the windows were shattered
But deep in the dark, someone set the spark
And then it no longer mattered

[Verse 3]
Down the street they were rumblin'
All the tempers were ragin'
Oh where, oh where are the white silver tongues
Who forgot to listen to the warnin'?

[Verse 4]
On and on came the angry
No longer following reason
And all the stores were the target now
Where just the other day they were buyin'

[Verse 5]
Drunk with the memory of the ghetto
Drunk with the lure of the lootin'
And the memory of the uniforms shoving with their sticks
Asking, "Are you looking for trouble?"