There's blood in the streets

it's up to my ankles

There's blood in the streets

it's up to my knees

There's blood in the streets

in the town of Chicago

Blood on the rise

it's following me

Just about the break of day

She came and then she drove away

Sunlight in her hair

There's blood in the streets

a river of sadness

There's blood in the streets

it's up to my thigh

The river runs down the leg of the city

Grown women crying and rivers a weeping

She came and then she drove away

Sunlight in her hair

Blood in the streets

the town of New Haven

Blood stains the roofs

and the palm trees of Venice

Blood in my love in the terrible summer

Bloody red sun of fantastic L.A.

Blood spills the brain and chops off my finger

Blood will be bringing the birth of a nation

Blood is the rose of mysterious union

There's blood in the streets

it's up to my ankles

There's blood in the streets

it's up to my knees

There's blood in the streets

the town of Chicago

Blood on the rise

it's following me