Paul Simon, Clap! Clap! - Wristband lyrics

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 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't 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, Wristband)
(Wristband, Wristband)
(Wristband, Wristband)
(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