"9th at Pine" by Less Than Jake

Which will it be? Sympathy or Apathy?
Which part of the human condition will I believe?
Tried then it's tested I've just decided
Tried then it's tested I've just decided I failed
When it all came down on that saturday night should I choose
a side at 9th and 
pine
can we still say we're civilized, watched some kid go down 
Is it the crowd or the way its going down' is being human
watching all this 
without a sound?
Tried then it's tested I've just decided
Tried then it's tested I've just decided I failed
When it all came down on that saturday night should I choose
a side at 9th and 
pine
can we still say we're civilized, watched some kid go down
at 9th and pine