Song Lyrics

Oi! Oi! Oi! Oh Oi! Oi!

Tina on saturday nights
Second Step and Urban Blight
Hear come the Boilers to check out the scene
But that's never too true if you know what I mean
The reception is cool, so turn up the heat

Come on boys do some East Side Beat

Pick out the piece and make your break
I wonder what the old man will say
Caught in the act with a gun in your hand
And a fat old jazz(?) doesn't understand

...(?) and looting down on the street
Come on boys do some East Side Beat

Oi! Oi! Oi! Oh Oi! Oi!

Out in the jungle on a saturday night
Trip over a junky and there's two in a fight
Go over to the fellas just chewin the fat
Shape skin apes and pork pie hats
Big ugly skinhead across the street

Come on boys do the East Side Beat

In to this sticka for a rack of pool
There's a girl at the bar that's beginning to drool
One more chaser I'll move right in
She gets much fresher as I feel up my skin
Keep the wiskey warm(?) wow like me

Come on boys do the East Side Beat

Oi! Oi! Oi! Oh Oi! Oi!

Oi! Oi! Oi! Oh Oi! Oi!

So it's up in the morning to try to cut straight
Out on the turf its a theatre of hate
In a land you can't even call your own
And the big fat coppers won't leave you alone
Push you around ...(?) feet

Come on boys do the East Side Beat

SO it's off to jail put and up into the dark
Send you off for a Sharp Sharp Sharp
Tell racist jokes as they put you away
Never even listen to what the hell you say

Burning police cars down on the street
Come on boys do the East Side Beat

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Burning police cars down on the street
Come on boys do some East Side Beat!

Robert Michael Hingley

The duration of East Side Beat is 6:10 minutes and seconds.