The Clash

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(In the) Pouring Rain

I could see as I rode in the ships were gone and the pit fell in a funeral bell tolled the hour in a lonely drunkard slumbering not the twang of the guitar not even the siren wail of pain not the shadows of desire caught in the pouring pouring rain breeze bl...

(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais

One, two, a one, two, three, four Midnight to six man For the first time from Jamaica Dillinger and Leroy Smart Delroy Wilson, your cool operator Ken Boothe for UK pop reggae With backing band's sound systems And if they've got anything to say There's many b...

1 2 Crush on you

Standing in a queue of a school canteen Guys on the corner they were laughin' at me But i don't mind if they see it all You know i gotta come clean I gotta come clean I got a crush on you My mind don't need it but my body do A little bit of loving and...

1977

In 1977 I hope I go to heaven 'Cause I been too long on the dole And I can't work at all Danger stranger You Better paint your face No Elvis, Beatles or The Rolling Stones In 1977 Knives in West 11 Lent solucky tobe rich Sten guns in Knights Bridg...

48 Hours

FRIDAY OR SATURDAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN SHORT SPACE OF TIME NEEDS A HEAVY SCENE MONDAY IS COMING LIKE A JAIL ON WHEELS 48 HOURS NEEDS 48 48 HOURS NEEDS 48 48 HOURS NEEDS 48 THRILLS 48 THRILLS SO TELL ME AN' I'LL TAKE THE TUBE YOU KNOW A GIRL, YEAH WELL SHE'S...

All the young punks

Hangin' about Down the market street I spent a lot of time on my feet When I saw some passin' yabbos We did chance to speak I knew how to sing, ya' know An' they knew how to pose An' one of them had a Les Paul Heart attack machine All the young punk...

Are you ready

Are you ready for Are you ready for War War War High above the satellites View the Earth (???) nights Europe switches off those lights Are you ready for War, all in all this sentimental War, wall to wall with the regimental War, with all the thin...

Are You Red..Y

Are you ready for Are you ready for War War War High above the satellites View the Earth (???) nights Europe switches off those lights Are you ready for War, all in all this sentimental War, wall to wall with the regimental War, with all the things continent...

Armagideon Time

Stay around don't play around this old town and all Seems like I got to travel on A lot of people won't get no supper tonight A lot of people won't get no justice tonight The battle is getting hotter In this iration Armagideon time A lot of people runni...

Atom Tan

Now the corporations stopped! Stopped pushing fast food Been a multiple shooting Downtown at the bank Reluctantly the panic begins To catch fire But it did not affect The steady sale of jun The state office looked It looked like Hollywood With make-u...

Bankrobber

My daddy was a bankrobber But he never hurt nobody He just loved to live that way And he loved to steal your money Some is rich, and some is poor That's the way the world is But i don't believe in lying back Sayln' how bad your luck is So we came to jazz it...

Blonde Rock & Roll

There's a blonde girl I can't get out of my mind (Don't think of her!) I'm going to lose my job and I'm going to fall right behind (Don't think of her!) Oh, repossess my car, put me under control (Don't think of her, don't think of her!) You could have everyth...

Brand New Cadillac

Driiiiiiiive!!! Driiiiiiiive!!! My baby drove up in a brand new Cadillac Yes she did! My baby drove up in a brand new Cadillac She said, "Hey, come here, Daddy!" "I ain't never comin' back!" Baby, baby, won't you hear my plea? C'mon, sugar, just come...

Broadway

"It ain't my fault it's six o'clock in the morning" He said, coming out of the night When he found I had no coins to bum he began to testify Born in a depression, born out of good luck Born into misery in the back of a truck I'm telling you this mister, d...

Capital Radio

Yes, it's time for The Doctor Goebbels Show! There's a tower in the heart of London With a radio station right at the top But they don't make the city beat They're making all the action stop A long time ago there was pirates Beaming waves from the sea...

Capital Radio One

Yes, it's time for The Doctor Goebbels Show! There's a tower in the heart of London With a radio station right at the top But they don't make the city beat They're making all the action stop A long time ago there was pirates Beaming waves from the sea...

Capital Radio Two

Yes, it's time for The Doctor Goebbels Show! There's a tower in the heart of London With a radio station right at the top But they don't make the city beat They're making all the action stop A long time ago there was pirates Beaming waves from the sea...

Car Jamming

Tonight they're closing up the world They're sweepin' smoke from cigarettes But what is this funky multi-national anthem Rockin' from a thousand King Kong cassette decks? And then a shyboy from Missouri Boots blown off in a '60s war Riding aluminum crut...

Career Opportunities

The offered me the office, offered me the shop They said I'd better take anything they'd got Do you wanna make tea at the BBC? Do you wanna be, do you really wanna be a cop? Career opportunities are the ones that never knock Every job they offer you is t...

Charlie Don't Surf

CHORUS Charlie don't surf and we think he should Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma Charlie's gonna be a napalm star Everybody wants to rule the world Must be something we get from birt...

Cheapskates

I have been a washer up An' he has been a scrubber up An' I seen him a picking up Dog ends in the rain An' he has never read a book Though I told him to take a look He lifted his poolhall cue For another game But it ain't no modern miracle That we found the go...

Cheat

I get violent when I'm fucked up I get silent when I'm drugged up Want excitement, don't get none, I go wild I don't know what can be done about it If you play the game you get nothing out of it Find out for yourself try being a goody goody You better...

City Of The Dead

This is the city of the dead As we lie side by side in bed I'd do something else instead But it is the city of the dead We went out kicking' around But you got drunk and fallen down And i wish i could be like you With the soho river draw me down In t...

Clampdown

Hey, hey! Ooh! The kingdom is ransacked the jewels all taken back and the chopper descends they're hidden in the back with a message on a half-baked tape with the spool going round saying I'm back here in this place and I could cry and there's smoke you could...

Clash City Rockers

An' I want to move the town to the Clash city rockers You need a little jump of electrical shockers You better leave town if you only want to knock us Nothing stands the pressure of the Clash city rockers You see the rate they come down the escalator Now...

Complete Control

They said release 'Remote Control' But we didn't want it on the label They said, "Fly to Amsterdam" The people laughed but the press went mad Ooh ooh ooh someone's really smart Ooh ooh ooh complete control, yeah that's a laugh On the last tour my mates...

Cool confusion

BETWEEN COOL CONFUSION AND KUNG FU IN THE CAR PARK COULD THE WEEKEND BE LOSING THAT REACTIVE SPARK EVEN IN THE SHEBEEN OR DOWN IN THE MEAT RACK LONGTIME I FEEL COLD TO SEND CINDERELLA'S SHOE BACK ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE WIRE PARTY JAM ON THE LINE I...

Cool Under Heat

Rebels on the corner Rebels to the core Got a million dollar question What is livin' for? Hey! man can scratch a livin' In a fat man's city class The teacher is survival But soon the present will be the past So Be cool under heat Be cool under heat...

Corner Soul

Is the music of grove skin rock Soaked in the diesel of was boys war? Blood, black gold and the face of a judge Is the music calling for a river of blood? Beat the drums tonight, Alphonso Spread the news all over the grove The big meeting has decided T...

Death Is a Star

And I was gripped by that deadly phantom I followed him through hard jungles As he stalked through the back lots Strangling through the night shades The thief of life Moved onwards and outwards to love In a one stop only motel A storm bangs on the che...

Death Or Glory

Now every cheap hood strikes a bargain with the world, Ends up making payments on a sofa or a girl. Love 'n hate tattooed across the knuckles of his hands, Hands that slap his kids around, 'cause they don't understand how, Death or glory, becomes just another...

Deny

Deny You're such a liar You won't know the truth if it hits you in the eye Deny You're such a liar You're selling your no-no all the time And you said we were going out To the 100 club Then you said it ain't my scene But when you turned up alone Then you turn...

Dictator

Yes i am the dictator the more guns i got the better Yes i am the liquidator i carry the old beretta You know there once was freedom You know how dangerous that can be The people used to dance & sing & they used to run wild in the streets But now...

Dirty Punk

Gonna be a dirty punk Gonna rock your neighborhood Do the sound of rebel funk Turn it up loud like it should I could hear your momma scream She's gonna waste herself away When your daddy smashed that TV screen I understand what he had to say I'm going to get...

Do It Now

We're the capella Turn the musica Now they lock 'em out You gotta come, the world is ours! Lenny come to make it 1953 With the record in the suitcase Minus fifty degree And everywhere you go, they're staring at you face You got no place to go And e...

Drug Stabbing Time

Drug stabbing time Well I got working on the Ford line A paying off the big fine Drug stabbin' time Drug stabbin' time Is from nine to nine Nobody wantsa user Nobody needs a loser So kick him out that door An' don't answer it no more Drug stabbin' time It's...

English Civil War

when johnny comes marching home again he's coming by bus or underground a woman's eye will shed a tear to see his face so beaten in fear an' it was just around the corner in the english civil war it was still at the stage of clubs and fists when that well-kno...

Every Little Bit Hurts

Every little bit hurts, Every little bit hurts, Every night I cry, Every night I sigh, Every night I wonder why, You treat me cold, But I can't let you go. Every little hurt time, Every little hurt time, Say you're coming home, But you never phone, Leave me a...

Fingerpoppin'

This here finger of mine Is gonna point to the beat, right on time This finger points in a brand new dance This finger points for a new romance Same finger's got no ring It'll point at anything This finger points gonna pop tonight Gonna point at the be...

First night back in London

The mini cab The driver is black This time of night You better sit in the back Got a few smokes Under your hat The cops are lookin' out For the petrol on the black This time I think So what the hell There's that female I know too well Why should...

Four Horsemen

Well they were given the grapes that go ripe in the sun That loosen the screws at the back of the tongue But they told no one where they had begun Four horsemen They were given all the foods of vanity And all the instant promises of immortality But they...

Garageland

Back in the garage with my bullshit detector, Carbon monoxide making sure it's effective, People ringing up making offers for my life, But I just wanna stay in the garage all night, Ref.: We're a garage band, We come from garageland, Meanwhile things a...

Gates Of The West

I would love to be the lucky one on chill avenue Who could keep your heart warm when ice has turned it blue But with the beggin' sleeping losers as they turn in for the night I'm looking back for home and I can see the lights I should be jumpin' shoutin'...

Ghetto Defendant

Do the worm on the accropolis / slamdance the cosmopolis / enlighten the populace Hungry darkness of living Who will thirst in the pit? / hooked in metropolis She spent a lifetime deciding How to run from it / addicts of metropolis Once fate had a witness And...

Groovy Times

the high street shops are boarded up an' the terrace it is fenced in see-through shields are walled across the way that you came in but there's no need to get excited as the lorries bring the bacon in 'cos the housewives are all singing groovy times ar...

Guns of Brixton

When they kick at your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun? When the law break in How you gonna go? Shot down on the pavement Or waiting in death row You can crush us You can bruise us But you'l...

Guns on the Roof

I swear by Almighty God To tell the whole truth And nothing but the truth Guns guns They torture all the women and children Then they've put the men to the gun 'Cos across the human frontier Freedom's always on the run Guns guns a-shaking in terror...

Hate And War

Hate and war - the only things we got today And if I close my eyes They will not go away You have to deal with it It is the currency Hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate, hate The hate of a nation A million miles from home I got war from the junkies W...

Hateful

Well, I got a friend, who's a man (Who's a man) What man? The man who keeps me from the lonely The only He gives me what I need (What you need?) What you got? I need it all so badly (Oh) Oh anything I want, he gives it to me Anything I want He gives...

Heart & Mind

My mind say stop, my heart say go My heart say kill, my mind say no I don’t know, which way should I choose? Well I know a man, he’s my friend But he steals from a family of friends But I could never tell that man good-bye I got a heart, I got a mind But I c...

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 sales Just as if, as if there was, a hitsville in U.K., I know the boy was all alone,...

I Fought The Law

Breakin' rocks in the hot sun I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won I needed money 'cause I had none I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won I left my baby and it feels so bad Guess my race is run...

I'm Not Down

If it's true that a rich man leads a sad life N' that's what they - from day to day Then what do all the poor do with their lives? On judgment day with nothing to say? [Chorus:] I've been beat up, I've been thrown Out but I'm not down, I'm not down I'v...

I'm So Bored With the U.S.A.

Yankee soldier He wanna shoot some skag He met it in Cambodia But now he can't afford a bag Yankee dollar talk To the dictators of the world In fact it's giving orders An' they can't afford to miss a word I'm so bored with the U...S...A... But what can I do?...

If Music Could Talk

[Left Channel] Make sure! Taking cover in the bunker tonight Waiting for Bo Diddley's headlights I feel alright Gotta Fender Stratosphere I can do anything tonight It's in neon lights an' global rights Frank? He's on the phone There ain't no German girl outsid...

Inoculated City

The soldier boy for his soliders pay Obeys the seargent at arms whatever he says The seargent will for his seargent's pay Obey the captain 'til his dying day The captain will for his captain's pay Obey the general order of battle play The generals bow t...

Ivan Meets G.I. Joe

So you're on the floor, at 54 Think you can last - at the Palace Does your body go to the to and fro? But tonight's the night - or didn't you know That Ivan meets G.I. Joe He tried his tricks- that Ruskie bear The United Nations said it's all fair He did the...

Jail Guitar Doors

Let me tell you 'bout Wayne and his deals of cocaine A little more every day Holding for a friend till the band do well Then the D.E.A. locked him away Clang clang, go the jail guitar doors Bang bang, go the boots on the floor Cry cry, for your lonely m...

Janie Jones

He's in love with rock and roll, whoa He's in love with getting stoned, whoa He's in love with Janie Jones, oh He don't like his boring job, no He's in love with rock and roll, whoa He's in love with getting stoned, whoa He's in love with Janie Jones, o...

Jimmy Jazz

The police walked in for Jimmy Jazz I said, he ain't here, but he sure went past Oh, you're looking for Jimmy Jazz Sattamassagana for Jimmy Dread Cut off his ears and chop off his head Police came looking for Jimmy Jazz So if you're gonna take a messag...

Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad

It's Lucy in the sky and all kinds of apple pie She giggles at the screen cause it looks so green There's carpets on the pavement and feathers in her eye But sooner or later, her new friends will realize That Julie's been working for the Drug Squad Julie's be...

Julie's in the Drug Squad

it's lucy in the sky and all kinds of apple pie she giggles at the screen 'cos it looks so green there's carpets on the pavements and feathers in her eye but sooner or later, her new friends will realise that julie's been working for the drug squad well it se...

Julie's in the drug store squad

IT'S LUCY IN THE SKY AND ALL KINDS OF APPLE PIE SHE GIGGLES AT THE SCREEN 'COS IT LOOKS SO GREEN THERE'S CARPETS ON THE PAVEMENTS AND FEATHERS IN HER EYE BUT SOONER OR LATER, HER NEW FRIENDS WILL REALISE THAT JULIE'S BEEN WORKING FOR THE DRUG SQUAD WELL...

Junco Partner

Down the road came a Junco Partner Boy, he was loaded as can be He was knocked out, knocked out loaded He was a'wobblin' all over the street Singing 6 months ain't no sentence Yeah, and one year ain't no time I was born in Angola Serving 14 to 99 Well I wish...

Junkie Slip

I wasn't going that far The junkie slip! I said I wasn't doin' it The junkie slip! Yea thought I'd find a rhythm in the junkie town Thought I'd find a rhythm when the junkies hang around Thought I'd go out walking to the junkie kind of beat Setting on those b...

Justice Tonight/Kick it Over

stay around on't play around this old town and all seems like I got to travel on a lot of people won't get no supper tonight justice tonight running and a hiding tonight justice tonight remember to kick it over no one will guide you through armagide...

Know your rights

This is a public service announcement With guitar Know your rights all three of them Number 1 You have the right not to be killed Murder is a CRIME! Unless it was done by a Policeman or aristocrat Know your rights And Number 2 You have the right to...

Koka Kola

Elevator! Going up! In the gleaming corridors of the 51st floor The money can be made if you really want some more Executive decision-a clinical precision Jumping from the windows-filled with indecision I get good advice-from the advertising world Treat me ni...

Kongston Advice

In these days you can get no rice No razor blades but you can get knife In these days see the people run They have no food but the boy have gun In these days they don't throw the stone Nor use the voice they use the gun alone In these days to be an oddity Be h...

Last Gang In Town

Everybody's looking for last gang in town You better watch out for they're all comin' around The sport of today is exciting The in crowd are into infighting When some punk sees some rock-olla It's rock and roll all over In every street and every station Kids...

Let's Go Crazy

Summon up the mas! Play on the pan! Staring dreads are jerking their locks As the white star liner sank in the docks But on the drummers face, there is a look of dread As he drums away 400 years of dread The dancer man-in the power of mas Is smoking ti the mig...

Life Is Wild

Has anybody got a cigarette Haven't you declared a disaster zone Ho! Your car is a total wreck And I just can't go back home My girl, if she had the dope We'd get the messieurs on the phone I still got to get up and go home Don't start driving on my headstone...

Lighting Strikes (Not Once But Twice)

Now lightning strikes in old New York It may be dark but I wanna talk It might rain, it might snow Too many things I got to know If this is spring than it's time to sing Never mind the l'il birdies wing Look out, look out, old New York New York's coming an' Ne...

Living in Flame

So you've got to live up to your name Or else I'll put you to shame... Listen! If you say you a selector You a fe have good selection A-and I say if you say you a de special Man I say I want to know your potential You a say you a madness You a say you...

London Calling

London calling to the faraway towns Now war is declared and battle come down London calling to the underworld Come outta' the cupboard, ya' boys and girls London calling, now don't look to us Phony Beatlemania has bitten the dust London calling, see we a...

London's Burning

London's burning! London's burning! All across the town, all across the night Everybody's driving with full headlights Black or white turn it on, face the new religion Everybody's sitting 'round watching television! London's burning with boredom now London's...

Lonesome Me

I've been left with nothin' No one's lovin' me I'm so down not hopin' Oh, lonesome me Your heart is like a diamond Still know your perfume But you went and left me Now I ain't got you I've been left with nothin' No one's lovin' me I'm so down not hopin' Oh,...

Long Time Jerk

Gonna scrape the trouble off my boots! As they were dancing in the evening And the light shone through the trees This girl my eye was following Asked the band to play her a beat Singin' she'd do that long time jerk She hit me where it hurts Oh your heart Now...

Look Here

Look here! What d'you think you're Gonna be doin' next year? No lie... How you know you're not Gonna up and die? No doubt... Soon enough your friends Will find you out Take care... You know you might not have Too much time to spare I say... How...

Lose This Skin

Come with me. I won't hide We're going on a ride We meet each day, use time to see While we're young and almost free I've got to lose this skin I'm imprisoned in Got to lose this skin I'm imprisoned in Do not turn or hate to see All the things you think we'v...

Lost In The Supermarket

I'm all lost in the Supermarket, I can no longer shop happily, I came in here for that special offer Guaranteed Personality. I wasn't born so much as I fell out, Nobody seemed to notice me, We had a hedge back home in the suburbs Over which I never could see....

Love Kills

Walking out of England thinking you were king taking on this world On that bus that goes through Mexico a killer love finds a sweet Mexican girl But in Mississippi we rushed into the room Down in Dixie you were crying for dope Down in Alabama they like home...

Lover's Rock

Yeh, you must treat your lover girl right If you wanna make lover's rock You must know a place you can kiss to make lovers rock 'Cause everybody knows it's a crying shame But nobody knows the poor babie's name When she forgot that thing that she had to swallow...

Magnificent Seven

Ring! Ring! It's 7:00 A.M.! Move y'self to go again Cold water in the face Brings you back to this awful place Knuckle merchants and you bankers, too Must get up an' learn those rules Weather man and the crazy chief One says sun and one says sleet A.M....

Midnight Log

Working for the devil You'll have to pay his tax That means going to see him Down among the racks You don't believe in him, but he can wait for you You do his work so fine He'll remember you He'll remember you Worried for my friend As he shows...

Midnight To Stevens

I searched through the drinkers Each propped over his glass I ran through each bar 'Til I found Guy at last Guy you've been to the doctor No I don't think it wise Took one of his pills Boiled the blood in my eyes When you played the master mix To the company...

Movers And Shakers

The boy stood in the burning slum Better times had to come Fate lay in the hands that clap The muscles that move and the power that raps He went up on money street Waving and popping to the beat Off his wits and on his feet He worked a coin from the cold conc...

Mustapha Dance

The Shaikh, he drove his Cadillac Shareef Rockin' the Casbah Rock Shareef Rockin' the Casbah Rock Shareef Rockin' the Casbah Rock Shareef He thinks it's not Kosher Rockin' the Casbah Rock Shareef Fundamentally he can't take it Rockin' the Casbah Rock Sha...

North And South

And so we say We ain't got life Don't want a cardboard cut-out Don't want a plastic knife Now I know time can march With it's charging feet Now I know words Are only cheap It's gonna be a burn out All around this town The south is up But the north is down T...

One Emotion

One emotion It's all over the place You let it get out It cuts in your face One emotion Back of a shop Everybody wants what the next guy's got One emotion One emotion All you ever know Is your narrow life One emotion One emotion Don't think I don't trust Pe...

One More Dub

Stop wastin' time Right One more breath One more time in the ghetto And one more time if you please One One more time for the dying man One more time if you please now One more time [Incomprehensible] 

One More Time

Must I get a witness for all this misery? There's no need to, brothers Everybody can see That it's one more time in the ghetto One more time, if you please One more time to the dying man One more time to be free One more time in the ghetto One more time...

Ooh, Baby, Ooh (It's Not Over)

Well I've been through deceiving you so many times before Then everybody laughs when I said you walked out the door But you threw my records down the stairs, put the phone out in the hall, so I can't call But I don't need a phone to know who's been seeing...

Overpowered by funk

If you ain't reggae for it..funk out! No-one knocking at your door? Overpowered by funk? Funk out! Combatative, repetitive Don't life just funk you out? Asanine, stupifying Can the clone line dry you out? Part of the swarming mass? Funk out! Slugged...

Play To Win

Spoken Voice: Hey (???) piranah Joe: Yup and the piranah got it V: Yeah, well if it's hooligan you want J: We British will tear upon the street V: (???) J: I see you've lived in Germany. V: Yankee (???) J: (???) V: (???) Sung I long for the prairie Of the wi...

Police and thieves

Police and thieves in the streets Oh yeah! Scaring the nation with their guns and ammunition Police and thieves in the street Oh yeah! Fighting the nation with their guns and ammunition From Genesis to Revelation The next generation will be hear me From Genes...

Police on my back

Well I'm running, police on my back I've been hiding, police on my back There was a shooting, police on my back And the victim well he wont come back I been running Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Runnin Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thur...

Pressure Drop

It is you, oh yeah It is you, oh yeah I said a pressure drop, Oh pressure, oh yeah Pressure's gonna drop on you I said pressure drop Oh pressure, oh yeah Pressure's gonna drop on you I said when it drops Oh you gonna feel it Oh that you were doin'...

Protex Blue

Standing in the bog of a west end bar Guy on the right leaning over too far Money in my pocket gonna put it in the slot Open up the pack see what type I got I didn't want to hold you I didn't want to use you Protex, Protex blue All I wanna do It's a...

Radio Clash

This is Radio Clash Stealing all transmissions Beaming from the mountaintop Using aural ammunition With extreme prejudice On a terminator mission This is Radio Clash Consider your position Step it up, get down low Breaking news flash Assassination...

Rebel Waltz

I slept and I dreamed of a time long ago I saw an army of rebels, dancing on air I 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 danced with a girl to the tune of a wal...

Red Angel Dragnet

I come from a long way away And I know a fine thing when I see it. See it For the same reason no one ever Pointed a telescope at the sun Talking about the Red Angels of New York City [Chorus] Who shot the shot? Who got shot tonite? Not even five enf...

Remote Control

Who needs remote control From the Civic Hall Push a button Activate You gotta work an' you're late It's so grey in London town With a panda car crawling around Here it comes Eleven o'clock Where can we go now? Can't make a noise Can't get no gear...

Return To Brixton

When they kick out your front door How you gonna come? With your hands on your head Or on the trigger of your gun When the law break in How you gonna go? Shot down on the pavement Or waiting in death row You can crush us You can bruise us But you'll have to...

Revolution Rock

Revolution rock, it is a brand new rock A bad, bad rock, this here revolution rock Careful how you move, Mac, you dig me in me back An' I'm so pilled up that I rattle I have got the sharpeest knife, so I cut the biggest slice But I have no time to do bat...

Rock The Casbah

Now the king told the boogie men You have to let that raga drop The oil down the desert way Has been shaken o the top The Sheik he drove his Cadillac He went a' cruisin' down the ville The muezzin was a'standing On the radiator grill The shareef don't...

Rockin' the Casbah

Now the king told the boogie men You have to let that raga drop The oil down the desert way Has been shakin’ to the top The sheik he drove his Cadillac He went a’ cruisnin’ down the ville The muezzin was a’ standing On the radiator grille CHORUS The...

Rudie Can't Fail

Sing, Michael, sing-on the route of the 19 Bus Hear them sayin' How you get a rude and a reckless? Don't you be so crude and a feckless You been drinking brew for breakfast Rudie can't fail So we reply I know that my life make you nervous But I tell you that...

Safe European Home

Well, I just got back and I wish I never leave now (Where'd ya' go?) Who's that Martian arrival at the airport? (Where'd ya' go?) How many local dollars for a local anaesthetic? (Where'd ya' go?) The Johnny on the corner wasn't very sympathetic (Where'd ya'...

Should I stay or should I go

Darling you got to let me know. Should I stay or should I go? If you say that you are mine, I'll be here till the end of time. So you got to let me know, Should I stay or should I go? It's always tease tease tease. You're happy when I'm on my knees. O...

Silicone on Sapphire

Have you ever asked yourself Who holds the key that winds up Big Ben? Right Channel: Silicone on Sapphire Left Channel: Connection R: My prerogative is zero L: When is your start L: What is your data R: Databus L: Databus R: I'm pushing your breakpoints L: [A...

Somebody Got Murdered

Someone lights a cigarette While riding in a car Some ol' guy takes a swig And passes back the jar But where they were last night No-one can remember Somebody got murdered Goodbye, for keeps, forever Somebody got murdered Somebody's dead forever An...

Something About England

They say immigrants steal the hubcaps Of the respected gentlemen They say it would be wine an' roses If England were for Englishmen again Well I saw a dirty overcoat At the foot of the pillar of the road Propped inside was an old man Whom time would no...

Sound Of The Sinners

As the floods of God Wash away sin city They say it was written In the page of the Lord But I was looking For that great jazz note That destroyed The walls of Jericho The winds of fear Whip away the sickness The messages on the tablet Wa...

Spanish Bombs

Spanish songs in Andalucia The shooting sites in the days of '39 Oh, please, leave the ventana open Fredrico Lorca is dead and gone Bullet holes in the cemetery walls The black cars of the Guardia Civil Spanish bombs on the Costa Rica I'm flying in on a...

Stay Free

We met when we were in school, Never took no shit from no one, we weren't fools, The teacher says we're dumb, We're only having fun, We piss on everyone... In the classroom, When we got thrown out i left without much fuss, An' weekends we'd go dancing,...

Straight to hell

If you can play on the fiddle Hows about a british jig and reel? Speaking kings english in quotation As railhead towns feel the steel mills rust water froze In the generation Clear as winter ice This is your paradise There aint no need for ya Go straight to h...

The Beautiful People Are Ugly Too

I see the law caught your hands on the stuff And if that wasn't enough Means I totally fell for your bluff Oh how you kicked off that stuff Oh the beautiful people are ugly too! There's gonna be a lot of washin' when the dance is through Now you're face, wit...

The Call Up

It's up to you not to heed the call-up 'N' you must not act the way you were brought up Who 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 call-up I don't wanna die! It's up to you...

The Card Cheat

There's a solitary man crying, "Hold me." It's only because he's a-lonely If the keeper of time runs slowly He won't be alive for long! If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve? It means noth...

The Crooked Beat

Start the car lets make a midnight run Across the river to South London To dance to the latest hi-fi sound Of bass, guitar and drum Seeking out a rhythm that can take the pressure off Stepping in and out of that crooked crooked beat Take a piece of clo...

The Equaliser

No Gangboss, no! We don't want the whip! As we get weaker... We don't want no Gangboss We want to equalize We... Gang... We want to equalize No Gangboss, No! We don't want the whip As you get weaker It will get harder So don't be like him Kee...

The Leader

Atom secrets, secret leaflet Have the boys found the leak yet? The molehill sets the wheel in motion His downfall picks up locomotion The people must have something good to read on a Sunday The leader's wife takes a government car In the dark to meet her min...

The Magnificent Dance

Don't you ever stop Long enough to start Take your car out of that gear Don't you ever stop Long enough to start Get your car out of that gear 

The Man In Me

The man in me will hide sometimes to keep from bein' seen, But that's just because he doesn't want to turn into some machine. Took a woman like you To get through to the man in me. But, oh, what a wonderful feeling Just to know that you are near, Sets my a h...

The Police Walked In 4 Jazz

Police walked in for Jimmy Jazz I said, he ain't here, but he sure went past Oh, you're looking for Jimmy Jazz Satta Massagana for Jimmy Dread Cut off his ears and chop off his head Police come look for Jimmy Jazz So if you're gonna take a message 'cross this...

The Prisoner

The prisoner meet the "Muppet Hi-Fi" North of Watford junction We get in but we don't have fun An' we live before the truncheons So it's back to watch the day to day Saga of working people Hanging out the washing and clipping coupons And generally being...

The Right Profile

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 looks funny." That's...M...

The Street Parade

When I was waiting for your phone call The one that never came Like a man about to burst I was dying of thirst Though I will never fade Or get lost in this daze Though I will disappear And join the street parade It's not too hard to cry In these cry...

This Is England

I hear a gang fire on a human factory farm Are they howling out or doing somebody harm On a catwalk jungle somebody grabbed my arm A voice spoke so cold it matched the weapon in her palm This is England This knife of Sheffield steel This is England This is ho...

This is Radio Clash

Interrupting all programmes This is radio clash from pirate satellite Orbiting your living room, Cashing in the bill of rights Cuban army surplus or refusing all third lights This is radio clash on pirate satellite This sound does not subscribe To the inter...

Tommy Gun

tommy gun you ain't happy less you got one tommy gun ain't gonna shoot the place up just for fun maybe he wants to die for the money maybe he wants to kill for his country whatever he wants, he's gonna get it! tommy gun you better strip it down for a...

Train in Vain

You say you stand by your man Tell me something I don't understand You said you love me and that's a fact And then you left me, said you felt trapped Well some things you can explain away But the heartache's in me till this day Did you stand by me No, not...

Up In Heaven (Not Only Here)

The towers of London, these crumbling rocks, Reality estates that the hero's got, And every hour's maked by the chime of a clock, And whatcha gonna do when the darkness surrounds? You can piss in the lifts which have broken down, You can watch from the de...

Version City

There is a train at Version city Waiting for the rhythm mail If you can jump then jump right now She can pull you through to better days Is that the train that they speak of The one I heard in my younger days All great bluesmen have rode her I'm jumpin...

Version partner

Down the road came a Junco Partner For he was loaded as can be He was knocked out, knocked out loaded He was a'wobblin' all over the street Singing six Six Well I wish I would have me a great deal of money Yeah and a-mighty Give me Down Junco Part...

Washington Bullets

Oh! Mama, Mama look there! Your children are playing in that street again Don't you know what happened down there? A youth of fourteen got shot down there The Kokane guns of Jamdown Town The killing clowns, the blood money men Are shooting those Washingt...

What's My Name

What the hell is wrong with me? I'm not who I want to be I tired spot cream an' I tried it all I'm crawling up the wall! What's my name, What's my name I tried to join a ping-pong club, sign on the door said all full up! I got nicked, fighting in th...

White riot

White riot - I wanna riot White riot - a riot of my own White riot - I wanna riot White riot - a riot of my own Black people gotta lot a problems But they don't mind throwing a brick White people go to school Where they teach you how to be thick An'...

Wrong 'em Boyo

Stagger Lee met Billy and they go down to gambling Stagger Lee throwed seven Billy said that he throwed eight So Billy said, hey Stagger! I'm gonna make my big attack I'm gonna have to leave my knife in your back Why do you try to cheat? And trample people un...