[Verse 1: Pittsburgh-accented male MC, quick and cocky over punchy drums and anvil clangs] Yinz all know me, I'm the guy who never left a bridge unburned Got thrown out of every bar on Carson, and I never learned Burned it with the landlord, burned it with my old boss Stan Burned it with my ex, her sister, and her sister's other man Burned it at the deli when I told him that the jumbo's dry Burned it at the barber and the bowlin' lane, and don't ask why Any other town, a guy like me would have to move away But this is Pittsburgh, n'at, and I got options every day Three rivers and a city sittin' on a pile of hills And a yellow bridge for every man I burned, and that's the thrill [Hook: Pittsburgh-accented male MC, full band, anvil clang on every line end] Go 'head and burn a bridge with me, I got four hundred more Painted yellow, all of 'em, from the Strip to the North Shore Every grudge in Pittsburgh's got a river it can't cross But I got four hundred forty-six, so tell me who's the boss [Verse 2: Pittsburgh-accented male MC, faster, gritty guitar stabs] Can't take the Sixteenth 'cause of Debbie, can't take Smithfield 'cause of Ray Fine, I take the Hot Metal, it's a quarter mile out of the way Can't take the West End, owe a guy, can't take the Fort Pitt, owe a bet So I swing around the Birmingham, I'm gettin' there, I ain't late yet It's a forty-minute trip to go a mile across the town But I see the whole city, buddy, I'm the king of goin' round Every grudge I got's a detour, every detour's got a view Every man who hates my guts just bought me sightseein', thank you Yinz think you're keepin' me away, you're only givin' me the tour And I'm wavin' from the Liberty, and I'm lightin' up two more [Verse 3: Pittsburgh-accented male MC, three-river turn, the bass line changes shape once for each river, then all three hit together on the last bar] Then a Saturday in August, the city shuts down every span Paint crews, cones, inspections, and a guy with a sign in his hand And I'm stuck on the South Side with every grudge I ever earned Debbie, Ray, the deli guy, the barber, every bridge I ever burned Twelve hours at the same bar with nowhere else to go So we split a plate of pierogies, n'at, and the jukebox plays it low And Ray says "you're alright," and Debbie laughs, and we're all good Then Monday mornin', they reopen, and I burn 'em like I should [Hook: Pittsburgh-accented male MC, full band, anvil clang on every line end] Go 'head and burn a bridge with me, I got four hundred more Painted yellow, all of 'em, from the Strip to the North Shore Every grudge in Pittsburgh's got a river it can't cross But I got four hundred forty-six, so tell me who's the boss [Outro: Pittsburgh-accented male MC, anvil clangs and handclaps] Yinz can hate me, that's alright, the Mon can take the smoke Four hundred forty-six of 'em, and I ain't even broke [End]
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