Riot Squad is a song written by Mike Peters and first released by The Alarm MMVIII on The Counter Attack album released in 2008.
2008 Counter Attack recording
Running length 4:03
Written by Mike Peters
Musicians & Credits
Mike Peters – Vocals, Guitar
James Stevenson – Guitar
Craig Adams – Bass Guitar
Steve Grantley – Drums
Recorded at Bethel Chapel Studios, Dyserth Wales
Recorded mixed and engineered by Martin Wilding
Produced by Mike Peters
Album appearances and discography of studio recordings
The following are Worldwide releases unless stated otherwise
2008 : The Alarm MMVIII – Counter Attack
Released on CD by Twenty First Century Recording Company, catalogue number 21C041
2008 original recording, remastered
Lyrics ~ 2018 Counter Attack Album
Freedom is a bullet exploding from a gun
Freedom is a voice that’s afraid to speak
Freedom is a soldier who wants to come home
Freedom is no food and no place to sleep
Oh oh oh Here come the riot squad
Oh oh oh Here come the riot squad
Oh oh oh Here come the riot squad now
Freedom is an old man who’s forgotten who he is
Freedom is the drug that blurs the lines
Freedom is a flag burning on a TV
Freedom is the profit made out of poverty
Oh oh oh Here come the riot squad
Oh oh oh Here come the riot squad
Oh oh oh Here come the riot squad now
Oh oh oh
Freedom
Freedom the aggressor with a velvet glove
Freedom is the pacifist with an atomic bomb
Freedom does not negotiate
Freedom only makes peace after the war is won
Oh oh oh Here come the riot squad
Oh oh oh Here come the riot squad
Oh oh oh Here come the riot squad now
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