well the soundman never showed the doorman cracks a whip the bartender s standing in the middle of the street with his pants around his neck we loaded in couple hours ago now we re standing around wondering who ll show somebody famous played here last night two underage kids were found beneath the stage there was a pretty nasty fight when we started out we fought all the time dumb and afraid and out of our minds but we got up and played we got up and sang we plugged in our guitars we tried to make it rain we got up and played i was thinking of you thought i d give you a call i went out for a walk searching in vain for some life beyond these walls the eucalyptus trees were all standing bare yeah cleveland s kind of sad this time of year but we got up and played we got up and sang we plugged in our guitars and tried to make it rain we got up and played well the soundman never showed the doorman cracks a whip the bartender s standing in the middle of the street with his pants around his neck we loaded in couple hours ago now we re standing around wondering who ll show