Annotated lyrics for The Hold Steady song 'For Boston' - It's poison, first it feels like a prick and then it hits you like a jumbo jet. / It's heaven, and heaven is a place you can never find your cigarettes. / For Boston, shamrock shakes and Oxycontin. / Bob Cousy, when they say they're looking around for the O.C. they ain't talking about the TV. / Some townie, he's got a diamond wrapped up in a dishtowel and he's trying to do a deal with me, / and he's skittish like a centipede. / He's got a steak knife in his jacket sleeve. / For Boston, shamrock shakes and Oxycontin. / For Boston, you can find it at the corner of the Commons right by Downtown Crossing. / These girls at BU they all do it too. / They lie down on Lansdowne, they lose their left shoes. / These girls at BU they all do it too. / She stumbled down Lansdowne, she lost her left shoe, / and she lost all her friends, and she's crying and she needs a ride home. / You just want it to end / She lost her new phone, / she despises her friends, / and when you get her back to housing, / she asks if you want to come in and get pinned. / For Boston, you can solve all your problems in the Commons right by Downtown Crossing / In Brighton, St. Elizabeth is sick of all your drinking and fighting. / In Allston, there are nights when you get pretty annoying.