Wristband-Paul Simon
I stepped outside the backstage door
to breathe some nicotine
And maybe check my mailbox,
see if I can read the screen
Then I heard a click,
the stage door lock
I knew just what that meant
I'm gonna have to walk around
the block if I wanna get it in
Wristband, my man,
you've got to have a wristband
If you don't have a wristband, my man,
you don't get through the door
Wristband, my man,
you've got to have a wristband
And if you don't have a wristband, my man,
you don't get through the door
I can explain it,
I don't know why my heart beats like a fist
When I meet some dude with an attitude saying
"hey, you can't do that, or this"
And the man was large,
a well-dressed six-foot-eight
And he's acting like Saint Peter
standing guard at the pearly...
Wristband, my man,
you've got to have a wristband
If you don't have a wristband,
you don't get through the door
And I said "Wristband?
I don't need a wristband
My axe is on the bandstand,
my band is on the floor"
I mean it's just...
(Wristband)...
The riots started slowly
with the homeless and the lowly
Then they spread into the heartland towns
that never get a wristband
Kids that can't afford the cool brand
whose anger is a short-hand
For you'll never get a wristband
and if you don't have a wristband
then you can't get through the door
No you can't get through the door
No you can't get through the door
Say you can't get through the door, no