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(Tom Meltzer)

Midnight at the Liberty
Jimi's playing Berkeley
But he's playing much too quiet
Hope that it don't start a riot
I guess that's why the cops are here
Looks like they're decked out in riot gear
There ought to be a better way
For folks to make a buck
And we'd complain but we're too stoned
And if we leave we've got to go back home
Our parents might not be asleep
So we're staying at the Liberty
Some stupid kid had no fear
He lit a joint somewhere toward the rear
A cop threw him to the ground
We were afraid to turn around
The kid, he started getting mad
He said the mayor was his dad
If the movie had been loud enough
We wouldn't have heard nothing at all
CHORUS

The kid must have been no one
Or the mayor didn't like his son
Cause the cops treated him pretty mean
From the theater we could hear him screaming
What strikes me most in retrospect
Is nothing happened that I didn't expect
I hear that movie isn't very good
But I guess I'll never know
CHORUS
(Tom Meltzer)     Midnight at the Liberty  Jimi's playing Berkeley  But he's playing much too quiet  Hope that it don't start a riot  I guess that's why the cops are here  Looks like they're decked out in riot gear  There ought to be a better way   For folks to make a buck  And we'd complain but we're too stoned  And if we leave we've got to go back home  Our parents might not be asleep  So we're staying at the Liberty  Some stupid kid had no fear  He lit a joint somewhere toward the rear  A cop threw him to the ground  We were afraid to turn around  The kid, he started getting mad  He said the mayor was his dad  If the movie had been loud enough  We wouldn't have heard nothing at all  CHORUS     The kid must have been no one  Or the mayor didn't like his son  Cause the cops treated him pretty mean  From the theater we could hear him screaming  What strikes me most in retrospect  Is nothing happened that I didn't expect  I hear that movie isn't very good  But I guess I'll never know  CHORUS