The Clash were an English rock Rock music band Musical ensemble that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk rock. Along with punk, they experimented with reggae, ska, dub Dub music , funk, rap Hip hop music , dance Dance music and rockabilly. For most of their recording career, The Clash consisted of Joe Strummer (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Mick Jones Mick Jones (The Clash) (lead guitar, vocals), Paul... [read more] - One More Dub
Stop wastin' timeRightOne more breathOne more time in the ghettoOne more time if you pleaseOneOne more time for the dying manOne more time if you please nowOne more time
- Version Pardner
Down the road came a Junco PartnerFor he was loaded as can beHe was knocked out, knocked out loadedHe was a'wobblin' all over the streetSinging sixSixWell I wish I would have me a great deal of moneyYeah and...
- Junco Partner
Down the road came a Junco PartnerFor he was loaded as can beHe was knocked out, knocked out loadedHe was a'wobblin' all over the streetSinging 6 months ain't no sentenceAnd one year ain't no timeI was born in...
- Rebel Waltz
I slept and I dreamed of a time long agoI saw an army of rebels, dancing on airI dreamed as I slept, I could see the campfires,A song of the battle, that was born in the flames,and the rebels were waltzing on air.I...
- Version City
There is a train at Version CityWaiting for the rhythm mailIf you can jump then jump right nowShe can pull you through to better daysIs that the train that the speak offThe one I heard in my younger daysAll great...
- The Equaliser
No! Gangboss no!We don't want the whip!As you get weaker - it will get harderSo don't be like himKeep your bones of effort and strngthDon't sell them to himWe don't want no gangbossWe want to equalizeTo my fathers...
- The Street Parade
When I was waiting for your phonecallThe one that never cameLike a man about to burstI was dying of thirstThough I will never fadeOr get lost in this dazeThough I will disappearInto the street paradeIt's not too hard...
- Ivan Meets G.I. Joe
So you're on the floor, at 54Think you can last - at the PalaceDoes your body go to the to and fro?But tonight's the night - or didn't you knowThat Ivan meets G.I. JoeHe tried his tricks- that Ruskie bearThe United...
- Charlie Don't Surf
(The Clash)CHORUSCharlie don't surf and we think he shouldCharlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no goodCharlie don't surf for his hamburger MommaCharlie's gonna be a napalm starEverybody wants to rule the...
- Hitsville U.K.
They cried the tears, they shed the fears,Up and down the land,They stole guitars or used guitars- So the tape would understand,Without even the slightest hope of a 1000 salesJust as if, as if there was, a hitsville...
- Shepherds Delight
(Instrumental)
- One More Time
Must I get a witness? for all this miseryThere's no need to, brothers everybody can seeThat its one more time in the ghetto you knowOne more time if you please nowOne more time to the dying manThey say one more time...
- Junkie Slip
I wasn't going that farThe junkie slip!I said I wasn't doin' itThe junkie slip!Yea thought I'd find a rhythm in the junkie townThought I'd find a rhythm when the junkies hang aroundThought I'd go out walking to the...
- Lose This Skin
(Tymon Dogg)Come with me. I won't hideWe're going on a rideWe meet each day, use time to seeWhile we're young and almost freeI've got to lose this skin I'm imprisoned inGot to lose this skin I'm imprisoned inDo not...
- Midnight Log
Working for the devilYou'll have to pay his taxThat means going to see himDown among the racksYou do his work so fineHe'll remember youWorried for my friendAs he shows me round the flatWhere I don't wanna find himHis...
- The Crooked Beat
Start the car lets make a midnight runAcross the river to South LondonTo dance to the latest hi-fi soundOf bass, guitar and drumSeeking out a rhythm that can take the pressure offStepping in and out of that crooked...
- Up In Heaven (Not Only Here)
The towers of London, these crumblingrocksReality estates that the hero's gotAnd every hour's maked by the chime of a clockAnd whatcha gonna do when the darkness surrounds?You can piss in the lifts which have broken...
- Living In Fame
(Dread/The Clash)So you've got to live up to your nameOr else I'll put you to shame... Listen!If you say you a selectorYou a fe have good selectionA-and I say if you say you a de specialMan I say I want to know your...
- Kingston Advice
In these days you can get no riceNo razor blades but you can get knifeIn these days see the people runThey have no food but the boy have gunIn these days they don't throw the stoneNor use the voice they use the gun...
- If Music Could Talk
(The Clash/Dread)*Left Channel*Make sure!Taking cover in the bunker tonightWaiting for Bo Diddley's headlightsI feel alrightGotta Fender StratosphereI can do anything tonightIt's in neon lights an' global rightsFrank?...
- Look Here
Look here!What d'you think you'reGonna be doin' next year?No lie...How you know you're notGonna up and die?No doubt...Soon enough your friendsWill find you outTake care...You know you might not haveToo much time to...
- Silicone On Sapphire
Have you ever asked yourselfWho holds the key that winds up Big Ben?Right Channel: Silicone on SapphireLeft Channel: ConnectionR: My prerogative is zeroL: When is your startL: What is your dataR: DatabusL: DatabusR:...
- Corner Soul
Is the music of grove skin rockSoaked in the diesel of was boys war?Blood, black gold and the face of a judgeIs the music calling for a river of blood?Beat the drums tonight, AlphonsoSpread the news all over the...
- The Sound Of The Sinners
As the floods of GodWash away sin cityThey say it was writtenIn the page of the LordBut I was lookingFor that great jazz noteThat destroyedThe walls of JerichoThe winds of fearWhip away the sicknessThe messages on the...
- Something About England
They say immigrants steal the hubcapsOf the respected gentlemenThey say it would be wine an' rosesIf England were for Englishmen againWell I saw a dirty overcoatAt the foot of the pillar of the roadPropped inside was...
- Let's Go Crazy
Summon up the mas! Play on the pan!Staring dreads are jerking their locksAs the white star liner sank in the docksBut on the drummers face, there is a look of dreadAs he drums away 400 years of dreadThe dancer man-in...
- Cool Under Heat
(Strummer/Rhodes)Rebels on the cornerRebels to the coreGot a million dollar questionWhat is livin' for?Hey! Man can scratch a livin'In a fat man's city classThe teacher is survivalBut soon the present will be the...
- Are You Red..Y
(Strummer/Rhodes)Are you ready forAre you ready forWarWarWarHigh above the satellitesView the Earth(???) nightsEurope switches off those lightsAre you ready forWar, all in all this sentimentalWar, wall to wall with...
- We Are The Clash
(Strummer/Rhodes)Punk rockers, hip-hoppersBrit poppers, show stoppersBeboppers, hair droppersAre you ready to sing?Right wing, left wingI want somethingTo see me through (???)Bout what do you thinkWe ain't gonna be...
- This Is England
(Strummer/Rhodes)I hear a gang fire on a human factory farmAre they howling out or doing somebody harmOn a catwalk jungle somebody grabbed my armA voice spoke so cold it matched the weapon in her palmThis is...
- Movers And Shakers
(Strummer/Rhodes)The boy stood in the burning slumBetter times had to comeFate lay in the hands that clapThe muscles that move & the power that rapsHe went up on money streetWaving an poping to the beatOff his wits an...
- Life Is Wild
Hey anybody got a cigarette?Has anybody got a cigaretteHaven't you declared a disaster zoneHo! Your car is a total wreckAnd I just can't go back homeMy girl if she had the dopeWe'd get the messieurs on the phoneI...
- Three Card Trick
(Strummer/Rhodes)Patriots of the wasteland torching twohundred yearsDragging my spirit back into the dungeon againBring back crucification cry the moral death's head legionUsing steel nails manufactured by the slaves...
- Fingerpoppin'
(Strummer/Rhodes)This here finger of mineIs gonna point to the beat, right on timeThis finger points in a brand new danceThis finger points for a new romanceThis here finger's got no ringIt'll point at anythingThis...
- Dirty Punk
(Strummer/Rhodes)Gonna be a dirty punkGonna rock your neighborhoodDo the sound of rebel funkTurn it up loud like it shouldI could hear your momma screamShe's gonna waste herself awayWhen your daddy smashed that TV...
- Play To Win
(Strummer/Rhodes)SpokenVoice: Hey (???) piranahJoe: Yup and the piranah got itV: Yeah, well if it's hooligan you wantJ: We British will tear upon the streetV: (???)J: I see you've lived in Germany.V: Yankee (???)J:...
- North And South
(Strummer/Rhodes)And so we sayWe ain't got lifeDon't want a cardboard cut-outDon't want a plastic knifeNow I know, time can marchWith it's chargin' feetNow I know, words are only cheapIt's gonna be a burn outAll...
- Dictator
(Strummer/Rhodes)Yes I am the dictator the more guns I got the betterYes I am the liquidator I carry the old BerettaYou know there once was freedomYou know how dangerous that can beThe people used to dance & sing&...
- Bankrobber
(Strummer/Jones)MY DADDY WAS A BANKROBBERBUT HE NEVER HURT NOBODYHE JUST LOVED TO LIVE THAT WAYAND HE LOVED TO STEAL YOUR MONEYSOME IS RICH, AND SOME IS POORTHAT'S THE WAY THE WORLD ISBUT I DON'T BELIEVE IN LYING...
- Spanish Bombs
(Strummer/Jones)Spanish songs in AndaluciaThe shooting sites in the days of '39Oh, please, leave the vendanna openFredrico Lorca is dead and goneBullet holes in the cemetery wallsThe black cars of the Guardia...
- The Magnificent Seven
Ring! Ring! It's 7:00 A.M.!Move y'self to go againCold water in the faceBrings you back to this awful placeKnuckle merchants and you bankers, tooMust get up an' learn those rulesWeather man and the crazy chiefOne says...
- London Calling
(Strummer/Jones)London calling to the faraway townsNow that war is declared-and battle come downLondon calling to the underworldCome out of the cupboard, all you boys and girlsLondon calling, now don't look at usAll...
- City Of The Dead
(Strummer/Jones)THIS IS THE CITY OF THE DEADAS WE LIE SIDE BY SIDE IN BEDI'D DO SOMETHING ELSE INSTEADBUT IT IS THE CITY OF THE DEADWE WENT OUT KICKIN' AROUNDBUT YOU GOT DRUNK AN' FALLEN DOWNAN' I WISHED I COULD BE...
- Clampdown
(Strummer/Jones)What are we gonna do now?Taking off his turban, they said, is this man a Jew?'Cause they're working for the clampdownThey put up a poster saying we earn more than you!When we're working for the...
- Stay Free
(Strummer/Jones)WE MET WHEN WE WERE IN SCHOOLNEVER TOOK NO SHIT FROM NO ONE, WE WEREN'T FOOLSTHE TEACHER SAYS WE'RE DUMBWE'RE ONLY HAVING FUNWE PISS ON EVERYONEIN THE CLASSROOMWHEN WE GOT THROWN OUT I LEFT WITHOUT...
- Capital Radio (One/Two)
(Strummer/Jones)YES, IT'S TIME FOR THE DR. GOEBBELSSHOW!THERE'S A TOWER IN THE HEART OF LONDONWITH A RADIO STATION RIGHT AT THE TOPTHEY DON'T MAKE THE CITY BEATTHEY'RE MAKING ALL THE ACTION STOPA LONG TIME AGO THERE...
- Ghetto Defendant
CLASH LYRICS/ ALLEN GINSBERG LYRICS/ DO THE WORM ON THE ACCROPOLIS/ SLAMDANCE THE COSMOPOLIS/ ENLIGHTEN THE POPULACEHUNGRY DARKNESS OF LIVINGWHO WILL THIRST IN THE PIT?/ HOOKED IN METROPOLISSHE SPENT A LIFETIME...
- Midnight To Stevens
(Strummer/Jones)I SEARCHED THROUGH THE DRINKERSEACH PROPPED OVER HIS GLASSI RAN THROUGH EACH BARUNTIL I FOUND GUY AT LASTGUY YOU'VE BEEN TO THE DOCTORNO I DON'T THINK IT WISETOOK ONE OF HIS PILLSBOILED THE BLOOD IN MY...
- One Emotion
(Strummer/Jones)One emotionIt's all over the placeYou let it get outIt cuts in your faceOne emotionBack of a shopEverybody wants what the next guy's gotOne emotionOne emotionAll you ever knowIs your narrow lifeOne...
- Lost In The Supermarket
(Strummer/Jones)CHORUSI'm all lost in the supermarketI can no longer shop happilyI came in here for that special offerA guaranteed personalityI wasn't born so much as I fell outNobody seemed to notice meWe had a hedge...
- Red Angel Dragnet
I come from a long way awayAnd I know a fine thing when I see it.See itFor the same reason no one everPointed a telescope at the sunTalking about the Red Angels of New York CityCHORUSWho shot the shot?Who got shot...
- Death Or Glory
(Strummer/Jones)Every cheap hood strikes a bargain with theworldAnd ends up making payments on a sofa or a girlLove 'n' hate tattooed across the knuckles of his handsThe hands that slap his kids around 'cause they...
- Pressure Drop
(Frederick Toots' Hibbert)It is you, oh yeahIt is you, oh yeahI said a pressure drop,Oh pressure, oh yeahPressure's gonna drop on youI said pressure dropOh pressure, oh yeahPressure's gonna drop on youI said when it...
- Washington Bullets
Oh! Mama, Mama look there!Your children are playing in that street againDon't you know what happened down there?A youth of fourteen got shot down thereThe Kokane guns of Jamdown TownThe killing clowns, the blood money...
- Every Little Bit Hurts
Every little bit hurtsEvery little bit hurtsEvery night I cryEvery night I sighEvery night I wonder whyYou treat me coldBut I can't let you goEvery little (???)Every little (???)Say you're coming homeBut you never...
- The Card Cheat
(Strummer/Jones)There's a solitary man crying, "Hold me."It's only because he's a-lonelyIf the keeper of time runs slowlyHe won't be alive for long!If he only had time to tell of all of the things he plannedWith a...
- Cool Confusion
(The Clash)BETWEEN COOL CONFUSIONAND KUNG FU IN THE CAR PARKCOULD THE WEEKEND BE LOSINGTHAT REACTIVE SPARKEVEN IN THE SHEBEENOR DOWN IN THE MEAT RACKLONGTIME I FEEL COLDTO SEND CINDERELLA'S SHOE BACKALONG THE LENGTH...
- The Guns Of Brixton
(Paul Simonon)When they kick at your front doorHow you gonna come?With your hands on your headOr on the trigger of your gunWhen the law break inHow you gonna go?Shot down on the pavementOr waiting on death rowYou can...
- 1-2 Crush On You
(Strummer/Jones)STANDING IN A QUEUE OF A SCHOOL CANTEENGUYS ON THE CORNER THEY WERE LAUGHIN' AT MEBUT I DON'T MIND IF THEY SEE IT ALLYOU KNOW I GOTTA COME CLEANI GOTTA COME CLEANI GOT A CRUSH ON YOUMY MIND DON'T NEED...
- Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)
Now lightning strikes in oldNew YorkIt may be dark but I wanna talkIt might rain, it might snowToo many things I got to knowIf this is spring than it's time to singNever mind the l'il birdies wingLook out, look out,...
- Gates Of The West
(Strummer/Jones)I would love to be the lucky one on chillavenueWho could keep your heart warm when ice has turned it blueBut with the beggin' sleeping losers as they turn in for the nightI'm looking back for home and...
- The Prisoner
(Strummer/Jones)THE PRISONER MEETS THE MUPPET HI-FINORTH OF WATFORD JUNCTIONWE GET IN BUT WE DON'T HAVE FUNAN' WE LEAVE BEFORE THE TRUNCHEONSSO IT'S BACK TO WATCH THE DAY TO DAYSAGA OF WORKING PEOPLEHANGING OUT THE...
- Police On My Back
(Eddy Grant)Well I'm running police on my backI've been hiding police on my backThere was a shooting police on my backAnd the victim well he wont come backWhat have I done?I been running monday tuesday...
- English Civil War
(Traditional; Arranged by Strummer/Jones)WHEN JOHNNY COMESMARCHING HOME AGAINHE'S COMING BY BUS OR UNDERGROUNDA WOMAN'S EYE WILL SHED A TEARTO SEE HIS FACE SO BEATEN IN FEARAN' IT WAS JUST AROUND THE CORNER IN THE...
- Groovy Times
(Strummer/Jones)THE HIGH STREET SHOPS ARE BOARDED UPAN' THE TERRACE IT IS FENCED INSEE-THROUGH SHIELDS ARE WALLED ACROSSTHE WAY THAT YOU CAME INBUT THERE'S NO NEED TO GET EXCITEDAS THE LORRIES BRING THE BACON IN'COS...
- The Leader
Atom secrets, secret leafletHave the boys found the leak yet?The molehill sets the wheel in motionHis downfall picks up locomotionThe people must have something good to read on a SundayThe leader's wife takes a...
- 1977
(Strummer/Jones)IN 1977 I HOPE I GO TO HEAVENCOS I BEEN TOO LONG ON THE DOLEAND I CAN'T WORK AT ALLDANGER STRANGERYOU BETTER PAINT YOUR FACENO ELVIS, BEATLES, OR THE ROLLING STONESIN 1977IN 1977KNIVES IN WEST 11LENT...
- Armagideon Time
(W. Williams/J. Mitoo)STAY AROUND DON'T PLAY AROUNDTHIS OLD TOWN AND ALLSEEMS LIKE I GOT TO TRAVEL ONA LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T GET NO SUPPER TONIGHTA LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T GET NO JUSTICE TONIGHTTHE BATTLE IS GETTIN HOTTERIN...
- The Call Up
(The Clash)It's up to you not to heed the call-up'N' you must not act the way you were brought upWho knows the reasons why you have grown up?Who knows the plans or why they were drawn up?It's up to you not to heed the...
- This Is Radio Clash
(Strummer/Jones/Headon/Simonon)INTERRUPTING ALL PROGRAMMESTHIS IS RADIO CLASH FROM PIRATE SATELLITEORBITING YOUR LIVING ROOM,CASHING IN THE BILL OF RIGHTSCUBAN ARMY SURPLUS OR REFUSING ALL THIRD LIGHTSTHIS IS RADIO...
- Somebody Got Murdered
Someone lights a cigaretteWhile riding in a carSome ol' guy takes a swigAnd passes back the jarBut where they were last nightNo-one can rememberSomebody got murderedGoodbye, for keeps, foreverSomebody got...
- Rudie Can't Fail
(Strummer/Jones)Sing, Michael, sing-on the route of the 19 BusHear them sayin'How you get a rude and a reckless?Don't you be so crude and a fecklessYou been drinking brew for breakfastRudie can't failSo we replyI know...
- Tommy Gun
(Strummer/Jones)TOMMY GUNYOU AIN'T HAPPY LESS YOU GOT ONETOMMY GUNAIN'T GONNA SHOOT THE PLACE UPJUST FOR FUNMAYBE HE WANTS TO DIE FOR THE MONEYMAYBE HE WANTS TO KILL FOR HIS COUNTRYWHATEVER HE WANTS, HE'S GONNA GET...
- Julie's In The Drug Squad
(Strummer/Jones)IT'S LUCY IN THE SKY AND ALL KINDS OF APPLE PIESHE GIGGLES AT THE SCREEN 'COS IT LOOKS SO GREENTHERE'S CARPETS ON THE PAVEMENTSAND FEATHERS IN HER EYEBUT SOONER OR LATER, HER NEW FRIENDS WILL...
- Brand New Cadillac
(Vince Taylor)Driiiiiiiive!!!Driiiiiiiive!!!My baby drove up in a brand new CadillacYes she did!My baby drove up in a brand new CadillacShe said, "Hey, come here, Daddy!""I ain't never comin' back!"Baby, baby, won't...
- Stop The World
THE PANORAMA OF THE CITY IS WRONGIN FACT THE CITY SEEMS TO BE GONE!BURNING RUBBER AND SMOKE IN MY EYESTHERE'S A FLAT BURNING JUNKHEAPFOR TWENTY SQUARE MILES!THEY TOOK IT INTO THE NUCLEAR MINEJUDGING BY THIS, THEY LEFT...
- Safe European Home
(Strummer/Jones)WELL, I JUST GOT BACK AN' I WISH I NEVERLEAVE NOWWHO DAT MARTIAN ARRIVAL AT THE AIRPORT?HOW MANY LOCAL DOLLARS FOR A LOCAL ANAESTHETIC?THE JOHNNY ON THE CORNER WAS A VERY SYMPATHETICI WENT TO THE PLACE...
- The Right Profile
Say, where did I see this guy?In Red River?Or a place in the sun?Maybe the Misfits?Or From Here to Eternity?Everybody say, "Is he all right?"And everybody say, "What's he like?"Everybody say, "He sure look...
- Broadway
(The Clash)"It ain't my faultIt's 6 'o'clock in the morning"He saidAs he came up out of the nightWhen he found I had no coins to bum,He began to testifyBorn in a depressionBorn out of good luckBorn into misery- In the...
- Straight To Hell
If you can play on the fiddleHow's about a British jig and reel?Speaking King's English in quotationAs railhead towns feel the steel mills rust water frozeIn the generationClear as winter iceThis is your paradiseThere...
- The Cool Out
(Instrumental)
- Time Is Tight
(Booker T. Jones)(Instrumental)
- Robber Dub
(Strummer/Jones/Campbell)My Daddy was a bankrobberBut he never hurt nobodyHe just loved to live that wayAnd he lovedNever loved a shovelBreakThe old man spoke up in a barSaid I never been in prisonASomeday you'll meet...
- The Magnificent Dance
Don't you ever stopLong enough to startTake your car out of that gearDon't you ever stopLong enough to startGet your car out of that gear
- Radio Clash
This is Radio ClashStealing all transmissionsBeaming from the mountaintopUsing aural ammunitionWith extreme prejudiceOn a terminator missionThis is Radio ClashConsider your positionStep it up, get down lowBreaking...
- Long Time Jerk
Gonna sc***the trouble off my boots!As they were dancing in the eveningAnd the light shone through the treesThis girl my eye was followingAsked the band to play her a beatSingin' she'd do that long time jerkShe hit...
- Justice Tonight-Kick It Over
(Willi Williams)STAY AROUND DON'T PLAY AROUNDTHIS OLD TOWN AND ALLSEEMS LIKE I GOT TO TRAVEL ONA LOT OF PEOPLE WON'T GET NO SUPPER TONIGHTJUSTICE TONIGHTRUNNIN AND A HIDING TONIGHTJUSTICE TONIGHTREMEMBER TO KICK IT...
- Mustapha Dance
The sheik he drove his cadillacShareefRockin the casbahRockHe thinks it's not kosherFundamentally he can't take itYou know he really hates itReally, really hates it
- First Night Back In London
The mini cabThe driver is blackThis time of nightYou better sit in the backGot a few smokesUnder your hatThe cops are lookin' outFor the petrol on the blackThis time I thinkSo what the hellThere's that femaleI know...
- London's Burning
(Strummer/Jones)London's burning! London's burning!All across the town, all across the nightEverybody's driving with full headlightsBlack or white turn it on, face the new religionEverybody's sitting 'round watching...
- Clash City Rockers
(Strummer/Jones)An' I wanna move the town to the clash cityrockersYou need a little jump of electrical shockersYou better leave town if you only wanna knock usNothing stands the pressure of the clash city rockersYou...
- I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.
(Strummer/Jones)Yankee soldierHe wanna shoot some skagHe met it in CambodiaBut now he can't afford a bagYankee dollar talkTo the dictators of the worldIn fact it's giving ordersAn' they can't afford to miss a wordI'm...
- I Fought The Law
(Sonny Curtis)Breakin' rocks in the hot sunI fought the law and the law won (twice)I needed money 'cause I had noneI fought the law and the law won (twice)I left my baby and it feels so badGuess my race is runShe's...
- Janie Jones
(Strummer/Jones)He's in love with rock'n'roll woaahhHe's in love with gettin' stoned woaahhHe's in love with Janie JonesBut he don't like his boring job, no...An' he knows what he's got to doSo he knows he's gonna...
- Jail Guitar Doors
(Strummer/Jones)Let me tell you 'bout Wayne and his deals ofcocaineA little more every dayHolding for a friend till the band do wellThen the D.E.A. locked him awayClang clang, go the jail guitar doorsBang bang, go the...
- What's My Name
(Strummer/Jones/Levene)What the hell is wrong with me? I'm notwho I want to beI tired spot cream an' I tried it all I'm crawling up the wall!What's my name naaaame...naaaame....naaaame....I tried to join a ping-pong...
- White Riot
(Strummer/Jones)White riot - I wanna riotWhite riot - a riot of my ownWhite riot - I wanna riotWhite riot - a riot of my ownBlack people gotta lot a problemsBut they don't mind throwing a brickWhite people go to...
- Career Opportunities
(Strummer/Jones)The offered me the office, offered me theshopThey said I'd better take anything they'd gotDo you wanna make tea at the BBC?Do you wanna be, do you really wanna be a cop?Career opportunities are the...
- Garageland
(Strummer/Jones)Back in the garage with my bullshit detectorCarbon monoxide making sure it's effectivePeople ringing up making offers for my lifeBut I just wanna stay in the garage all nightWe're a garage bandWe come...
- White Man In Hammersmith Palais
(Strummer/Jones)Midnight to six manFor the first time from JamaicaDillinger and Leroy SmartDelroy Wilson, your cool operatorKen Boothe for UK pop reggaeWith backing bands sound systemsAnd if they've got anything to...
- Remote Control
(Strummer/Jones)Who needs remote controlFrom the Civic HallPush a buttonActivateYou gotta work an' you're lateIt's so grey in London townWith a panda car crawling aroundHere it comesEleven o'clockWhere can we go...
- Complete Control
(Strummer/Jones)They said release 'Remote Control'But we didn't want it on the labelThey said, "Fly to Amsterdam"The people laughed but the press went madOoh ooh ooh someone's really smartOoh ooh ooh complete control,...
- Hate And War
(Strummer/Jones)Hate and war - the only things we got todayAn' if I close my eyesThey will not go awayYou have to deal with itIt is the currencyHate...hate...hate...The hate of a nationA million miles from homeAn' get...
- Police And Thieves
Police and thieves in the streets Oh yeah!Scaring the nation with their guns and ammunitionPolice and thieves in the streetOh yeah!Fighting the nation with their guns and ammunitionFrom Genesis to RevelationThe next...
- Wrong 'Em Boyo
(C. Alphanso)Stagger Lee met Billy and they go down to gamblingStagger Lee throwed sevenBilly said that he throwed eightSo Billy said, hey Stagger! I'm gonna make my big attackI'm gonna have to leave my knife in your...
- Four Horsemen
(Strummer/Jones)Well they were given the grapes that go ripe inthe sunThat loosen the screws at the back of the tongueBut they told no one where they had begun-four horsemenThey were given al lthe foods of vanityAnd...
- Koka Kola
Elevator! Going up!In the gleaming corridors of the 51st floorThe money can be made if you really want some moreExecutive decision-a clinical precisionJumping from the windows-filled with indecisionI get good advice...
- Hateful
(Strummer/Jones)Well, I got a friend who's a manWhat man? The man who keeps me from the lovelyHe gives me what I needWhat you need? What you got?I need it all so badlyCHORUSOh, anything I want he gives it to...
- Jimmy Jazz
(Strummer/Jones)The police walked in for Jimmy JazzI said, he ain't here, but he sure went pastOh, you're looking for Jimmy JazzSattamassagana for Jimmy DreadCut off his ears and chop off his headPolice came looking...
- Lover's Rock
(Strummer/Jones)Yeh, you must treat your lover girl rightIf you wanna make lover's rockYou must know a place you can kiss to make lovers rock'Cause everybody knows it's a crying shameBut nobody knows the poor babie's...
- I'm Not Down
(Strummer/Jones)If it's true that a rich man leads a sad lifeN' that's what they from day to dayThen what do all the poor do with their lives?Have nothing to say on judgment day?I've been beat up, I've been thrownOut...
- Revolution Rock
(J. Edwards/D. Ray)Revolution rock, it is a brand new rockA bad, bad rock, this here revolution rockCareful how you move, Mac, you dig me in me backAn' I'm so pilled up that I rattleI have got the sharpeest knife, so...
- Deny
(Strummer/Jones)DENYYOU'RE SUCH A LIARYOU WON'T KNOW THE TRUTH IF IT HITS YOU IN THE EYEDENYYOU'RE SUCH A LIARYOU'RE SELLING YOUR NO-NO ALL THE TIMEAN' YOU SAID WE WERE GOING OUTTO THE 100 CLUBTHEN YOU SAID IT AIN'T...
- 48 Hours
(Strummer/Jones)FRIDAY OR SATURDAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEANSHORT SPACE OF TIME NEEDS A HEAVY SCENEMONDAY IS COMING LIKE A JAIL ON WHEELS48 HOURS NEEDS 4848 HOURS NEEDS 4848 HOURS NEEDS 48THRILLS48 THRILLSSO TELL ME AN'...
- Protex Blue
(Strummer/Jones)STANDING IN THE BOG OF A WEST END BARGUY ON THE RIGHT LEANING OVER TOO FARMONEY IN MY POCKET GONNA PUT IT IN THE SLOTOPEN UP THE PACK SEE WHAT TYPE I GOTI DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD YOUI DIDN'T WANT TO USE...
- Cheat
(Strummer/Jones)I GET VIOLENT WHEN I'M ***ED UPI GET SILENT WHEN I'M DRUGGED UPWANT EXCITEMENT, DON'T GET NONE, I GO WILDI DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT ITIF YOU PLAY THE GAME YOU GET NOTHING OUT OF ITFIND OUT...
- Cheapskates
(Strummer/Jones)I have been a washer upAn' he has been a scrubber upAn' I seen him a picking upDog ends in the rainAn' he has never read a bookThough I told him to take a lookHe lifted his poolhall cueFor another...
- Last Gang In Town
(Strummer/Jones)Everybody's looking for last gang in townYou better watch out for they're all comin' aroundThe sport of today is excitingThe in crowd are into infightingWhen some punk sees some rock-ollaIt's rock and...
- All The Young Punks (New Boots And Contracts)
(Strummer/Jones)Hanging aboutdown the market streetI spent a lot of time on my feetWhen I saw some passing yabbosWe did chance to speakI knew how to singy' know anThey knew how to poseAn' one of them had a Les...
- Guns On The Roof
I swear by Almighty GodTo tell the whole truthAnd nothing but the truthGuns gunsThey torture all the women and childrenThen they've put the men to the gun'Cos across the human frontierFreedom's always on the runGuns...
- Drug Stabbing Time
(Strummer/Jones)Drug stabbing timeWell I got working on the Ford lineA paying off the big fineDrug stabbin' timeDrug stabbin' timeIs from nine to nineNobody wantsa userNobody needs a loserSo kick him out that doorAn'...
- Death Is A Star
And I was gripped by that deadly phantomI followed him through hard junglesAs he stalked through the back lotsStrangling through the night shadesThe thief of lifeMoved onwards and outwards to loveIn a one stop only...
- Inoculated City
The soldier boy for his soliders payObeys theeargent at arms whatever he saysThe seargent will for his seargent's payObeythe general order of the battle playThe generals bow to the governmentObey the charge you must...
- Car Jamming
(The Clash)Tonight they're closing up the worldN' sweeping smoke from cigarettesAnd what is that funk multi-nationalAnthem rocking from a thousandKing Kong cassette decksThen a shyboy from MissouriBoots blown off in a...
- Sean Flynn
You know he just heardThe drums of warwhen the pastWas a closing doorThe drums beat into the jungle floorCHORUSClosing doorClosing doorRain on the leavessoldier singYou never hear anythingThey filled the sky with a...
- Know Your Rights
This is a public service announcementWith guitarKnow your rights all three of themNumber 1You have the right not to be killedMurder is a CRIME!Unless it was done by aPoliceman or aristocratKnow your rightsAnd Number...
- Atom Tan
Now the corporations stopped!Stopped pushing fast foodBeen a multiple shootingDowntown at the bankReluctantly the panic beginsTo catch fireBut it did not affectThe steady sale of junThe state office lookedIt looked...
- Overpowered By Funk
If you ain't reggae for it..funk out!No-one knocking at your door?Overpowered by funk? Funk out!Combatative, repetitiveDon't life just funk you out?Asanine, stupifyingCan the clone line dry you out?Part of the...
- Should I Stay Or Should I Go
darling, you gotta let me knowshould I stay or should I go?If you say that you are mineI'll be there till the end of timeSo you gotta let me knowShould I stay or should I go?I'll always tease,tease,teaseyou're happy...
- Train In Vain
Train in VainThe Clash(Strummer/Jones)Say you stand by your man Tell me something I don't understand You said you love me and that's a fact Then you left me, said you felt trappedWell some things you can explain...
- Rock The Casbah
Rock The CasbahClashCombat RockNow the king told the boogie menYou have to let that raga dropThe oil down the desert wayHas been shakin' to the topThe shiek he drove his CadillacHe went a' cruisnin' down the villeThe...
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