For Boston - The Hold Steady

It’s poison

First it feels like a prick, and then it hits you like a jumbo jet

It’s heaven

And heaven is a place you can never find your cigarettes

For Boston

Shamrock shakes and Oxycontin

Bob Cousy

When they say they’re looking around for the O.C., they ain’t talking about the

TV

Some townie

He’s got a diamond wrapped up in a dishtowel, and he’s trying to do a deal with

me

And he’s skittish like a centipede

He’s got a steak knife in his jacket sleeve

For Boston

Shamrock shakes and Oxycontin

For Boston

You can find it at the corner of the Commons right by Downtown Crossing

Oh, these girls at BU they all do it too

They lie down on Lansdowne, they lose their left shoes

These girls at BU they all do it too

She stumbled down Lansdowne, she lost her left shoe

And she lost all her friends

And she’s crying and she needs a ride home

You just want it to end

She lost her new phone

She despises her friends

And when you get her back to housing, she asks if you want to come in and get

pinned

For Boston

You can solve all your problems in the Commons right by Downtown Crossing

In Brighton

St. Elizabeth is sick of all your drinking and fighting

In Allston

There are nights when you get pretty annoying