[Verse 1]
When I’m wild with fear, anger and pain
Your voice it comes to me
Hold hold steady and rock slow
Through the winters yeah, through the summers
I’ve lost friends, i’ve lost teachers lovers
They’re gone, gone, gone, but you won’t go

[Chorus]
What a day, what a time
What a long cold night
You gotta hold hold steady and rock slow
I’m’a tell no lies
Hey the 45 king he only plays 45s
And the only coca cola boys is a Mexican coke

[Verse 2]
They came down they were bigger than we were you know
Somebody’s cousin was waving a pistol well
You stepped up hit him in his mouth you said
“Go on put that toy back in its cereal box”
You had a mother on the street, father inside
Uncle was a veteran yeah
Something wasn’t right with him
I caught him looking at me from across the room
And it shivered my spine
Yeah but you had a strength, you had a compass
You weren’t scared of nobody yeah, you took all comers
And the kids that were weaker than you
Well you treated ‘em kind
[Chorus]
What a day, what a time
What a long cold night
You gotta hold hold steady and rock slow
I’m’a tell no lies
Hey the 45 king he only plays 45s
And the only coca cola boys is a Mexican coke

[Verse 3]
Well they said you lost your mind
But it was more like something ate it out from the inside
And you walked through the streets like a ghost with hollowed out eyes
Kids see you comin’ they cross the street
Mothers all told ‘em not to speak to you
And you didn’t recognize your own friends, yeah; when some of them tried
But when you were 11 and I was 10
You know I learned everything that I needed to know then from you
And to this day man I’m still tryin’ to be like you in my mind

[Chorus]
What a day, what a time
What a long cold night
You gotta hold hold steady and rock slow
I’m’a tell no lies
Hey the 45 king he only plays 45s
And the only coca cola boys is a Mexican coke
[Outro]
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home
Here come those street lights on, and we’re going home