Riot in the Night (Stonewall)

They came with clubs with flashlights with orders
Get out Get out
But we'd had enough

Police boots stomp the lights flash red
Another raid another night of dread
But drag queens laugh they will not hide
A brick in hand a fire inside

Riot in the night we're alive we fight
No more silence no more shame in sight
Riot in the night they can't shut us down
Every scream every spark shakes the ground
Riot tonight riot tonight

Street kids shout this bar is ours
Bottles fly like burning stars
Sylvia cries no more despair
Marsha throws her rage through the air

I said no more
They said get out
We said not tonight

Riot in the night we're alive we fight
No more silence no more shame in sight
Riot in the night they can't shut us down
Every scream every spark shakes the ground
Riot tonight riot tonight

Gay power now Gay power now
Out of the bars and into the streets Into the streets
No more hiding no more fear No more fear
This is our time we're still here Still here still here

Riot in the night we're alive we fight
No more silence no more shame in sight
Riot in the night they can't shut us down
Every scream every spark shakes the ground
Riot tonight riot tonight

It started here
It started with us