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1.London Calling
2.Brand New Cadillac
3.Jimmy Jazz
4.Hateful
5.Rudie Can't Fail
6.Spanish Bombs
7.The Right Profile
8.Lost In the Supermarket
9.Clampdown
10.The Guns Of Brixton
11.Wrong 'em Boyo
12.Death or Glory
13.Koka Kola
14.The Card Cheat
15.Lover's Rock
16.Four Horsemen
17.I'm Not Down
18.Revolution Rock
19.Train in Vain (Stand
By Me)
LONDON
CALLING
london calling to the faraway towns now
that war is declared-and battle come down london calling to the underworld
come out of the cupboard, all you boys and girls london calling, now don't
look at us all that phoney beatlemania has bitten the dust london calling,
see we ain't got no swing 'cept for the ring of that truncheon thing chorus
the ice age is coming, the sun is zooming in engines stop running and the
wheat is growing thin a nuclear error, but i have no fear london is drowning-and
i live by the river london calling to the imitation zone forget it, brother,
an' go it alone london calling upon the zombies of death quit holding out-and
take another breath london calling-and i don't wanna shout but when we
were talking-i saw you nodding out london calling, swee we ain't got no
highs except for that one with the yellowy eyes chorus london calling,
yeah, i was there, too an' you know what they said? well, some of it was
true! london calling at the top of the dial after all this, won't you give
me a smile?
BRAND
NEW CADILLAC
driiiiiiiive!!! 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, come on back to
me she said, "balls to you, big daddy." she ain't never coming back!
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 message 'cross
this town maybe put it down somewhere over the other side see it gets to
jimmy jazz don't you bother me, not anymore i can't take this tale, oh,
no more it's all around, jimmy jazz j-a-zee zee j-a-zed zed j-a-zed zed
jimmy jazz and then it sucks, he said, suck that! so go look all around,
you can try your luck, brother and see what you found but i guarantee that
it ain't your day chop! chop!
HATEFUL
well, i got a friend who's a man what
man? the man who keeps me from the lovely he gives me what i need what
you need? what you got? i need it all so badly chorus oh, anything i want
he gives it to me anything i want he gives it, but not for free it's hateful
and it's paid for and i'm so grateful to be nowhere this year i've lost
some friends some friends? what friends? i dunno, i ain't even noticed
you see, i gotta go out again again? my friend i gotta see that mainman
i killed all my nerves my nerves? what swerves? and i can't drive so steady
i've lost my memory my mind? behind! i can't see so clearly chorus
RUDIE
CAN'T FAIL
sing, michael, sing-on the route of the
1980s! 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 repty i know that my life make you nervous but i tell you that
i can't live in service like the doctor who was born for a purpose rudie
can't fail we hear them sayin' now first you must cure your temper then
you find a job in the paper you need someone for a saviour oh, rudie can't
fail so we sa-ay now we get a rude and a reckless we been seen lookin'
cool an' a speckless we been drinking brew for breakfast so rudie can't
fail okay! so where you wanna go today? hey boss man! you're looking pretty
smart in your chicken skin suit you think you're pretty hot in your pork
pie hat but... look out, look out... sky juice!...10 cents a bottle!
SPANISH
BOMBS
spanish songs in andalucia the shooting
sites in the days of '39 oh, please, leave the vendanna 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 a dc 10 tonight
chorus spanish bombs, yot' quierro y finito yote querda, oh ma corazon
spanish bombs, yot' quierro y finito yote querda, oh ma corazon spanish
weeks in my disco casino the freedom fighters died upon the hill they sang
the red flag they wore the black one but after they died it was mockingbird
hill back home the buses went up in flashes the irish tomb was drenched
in blood spanish bombs shatter the hotels my senorita's rose was nipped
in the bud chorus the hillsides ring with "free the people" or can i hear
the echo from the days of '39? with trenches full of poets the ragged army,
fixin' bayonets to fight the other line spanish bombs rock the province
i'm hearing music from another time spanish bombs on the costa brava i'm
flying in on a dc 10 tonight spanish songs in andalucia, mandolina, oh
ma corazon spanish songs in granada, oh ma corazon
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, "what's he like?" everybody say, "is he all right?" everybody
say, "he sure look funny." that's...montgomery clift, honey! new york,
new york, new york, 42nd street hustlers rustle and pimps pimp the beat
monty clift is recognized at dawn he ain't got no shoes and his clothes
are torn i see a car smashed at night cut the applause and dim the light
monty's face is broken on a wheel is he alive? can he still feel? nembutol
numbs it all but i prefer alcohol he said go out and get me my old movie
stills go out and get me another roll of pills there i go again shaking,
but i ain't got the chills arrrghhhgorra buh bhuh do arrrrgggghhhhnnnn!!!!
LOST
IN THE SUPERMARKET
chorus i'm all lost in the supermarket
i can no longer shop happily i came in her 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
i heard the people who lived on the ceiling scream and fight most scarily
hearing that noise was my first ever feeling that's how it's been all around
me chorus i'm all tuned in, i see all the programmes i save coupons from
packets of tea i've got my giant hit discoteque album i tempty a bottle
and i feel a bit free the kids in the halls and the pipes in the walls
make me noises for company long distance callers make long distance calls
and the silence makes me lonely chorus and it's not hear it disappear
CLAMPDOWN
what are we gonna do now? taking off his
turban, they said, is this man a jew? 'cause they're working for the clampdown
they put up a poster saying we earn more than you! when we're working for
the clampdown we will teach our twisted speech to the young believers we
will train our blue-eyed men to be young believers the judge said five
to ten-but i say double that again i'm not working for the clampdown no
man born with a living soul can be working for the clampdown kick over
the wall 'cause government's to fall how can you refuse it? let fury have
the hour, anger can be power d'you know that you can use it? the voices
in your head are calling stop wasting your time, there's nothing coming
only a fool would think someone could save you the men at the factory are
old and cunning you don't owe nothing, so boy get runnin' it's the best
years of your life they want to steal you grow up and yo ucalm down you're
working for the clampdown you star wearing the blue and brown you're working
for the clampdown so you got someone to boss around it makes you feel big
now you drift until you brutalize you made your first kill now in these
days of evil presidentes working for the clampdown but lately one or two
has fully paid their due for working for the clampdown but ha! gitalong!
gitalong! and i've given away no secrets who's barmy now?
THE
GUNS OF BRIXTON
when they kick at your front door how
you gonna come? with your hands on yoru head or on the trigger of your
gun when the law break in how you gonna go? shot down on the pavement or
waiting on death row chorus you can crush us yo ucan bruise us but you'll
never have to answer to oh-the guns of brixton the money feels good and
your life you like it well but surely your time will come as in heaven,
as in hell you see, he feels like ivan born under the brixton sun his game
is called survival at the end of the harder they come you know it means
no mercy they caught him with a gun no need for the black maria goodbye
to the brixton sun you can crush us you can bruise us yes, even shoot us
but oh-the guns of brixton
WONG
'EM BOYO
stagger lee met billy and they gto 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
under your feet don't you know it is wrong? to cheat the trying man so
you better stop, it is the wrong 'em boyo you lie, steal, cheat and deceit
in such a small, small game don't you know it is wrong billy boy has been
shot and stagger lee's come out on top don't you know it is wrong to cheat
the trying man to cheat stagger man you'd better stop so you must start
all over again-all over again you got to play it, billy, play, you got
to play it, billy, play and you will find it is the right 'em boyo but
if you must lie and deceit and trample people under your feet don't you
know it is wrong it is the wrong 'em boyo
DEATH
OR GLORY
every cheap hood strikes a bargain with
the world and ends up making payments on a sofa or a girl love 'n' hate
tattooed across the knuckles of his hands the hands that slap his kids
around 'cause they don't understand how death or glory becomes just another
story 'n' every gimmick hungry yob digging gold from rock 'n' roll grabs
the mike to tell us he'll die before he's sold but i believe in this-and
it's been tested by research that he who fucks nun will later join the
church >from every dingy basement on every dingy street i hear every dragging
handclap over every dragging beat that's just the beat of time-the beat
that must go on if you been trying for years-then we already heard your
song
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 nice says the party
girl koke adds life where there isn't any so freeze, man, freeze it's the
pause that refreshes in the corridors of power when top men need a top
up long before the happy hour your snakeskin suit and your alligator boot
you won't need a launderette, you can send them to the vet! koka kola advertising
and kokaine strolling down the broadway in the rain neon light sign says
it i read it in the paper-they're crazy! suit your life, maybe so in the
white house-i know all over berlin (they've been doing it for years) and
in manhattan! coming through the door is a snub nose 44 diggadum...diggadum...diggadum
what the barrel can't snort it can spatter on the floor your eyeballs feel
like pinballs and your tongue feels like a fish diggadum...diggadum...diggadum
you're leaping from the windows-saying don't give me none of this! ayaiiiiirrrghhh!
*@!!*@!!*! hit the deck!
THE
CARD CHEAT
there's a solitary man crying, "hold me."
it's only because he's 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 nothing!
to the opium den and the barroom gin in the belmont chair playing violins
the gambler's face cracks into a grin as he lays down the king of spades
but the dealer just stares-there's something wrong here, he thinks the
gambler is seized and forced to his knees and shot dead but his luck it
gave in as the dawn light crept in and he lay on the floor from the hundred
year war to the crimea with a lance and a musket and a roman spear to all
of the men who have stood with no fear in the service of the king before
you met your fate be sure you did not forsake your lover may not be around
anymore
LOVER'S
ROCK
yeh, you must treat your lover girl right
if yo uwanna 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 boor babie's name when she forgot that thing that she had to swallow
you western man, you're free with your seed when you make lovers rock but
woops! there goes the strength that you need to make real cool lovers rock
'cause a genuine lover takes off his clothes and he can make a lover in
a thousand go's an' she don't need that thing that she had to swallow
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 al lthe
foods of vanity and all the instant promises of immortality buyt they bit
the dust screamin' insanity!-four horsemen one was over the edge, one was
over the cliff one was lickin' em dry with a bloody great spliff when they
picked up the hiker he didn't want the lift >from the horsemen but you!
you're not searching, are you now? you're not looking anyhow you're never
gonna ride that lonely mile or put yourself up on trial oh, you told me
how your life was so bad an' i agree that it does seem sad but that's the
price that you gotta pay if you're lazing all around all day four horsement
coming right through four horsemen and they're pissing by you they make
you look like you're wearing a truss four hosemen and it's gonna be us
well they gave useverything for bending the mind and we cleaned out their
pockets and we drank 'em blind it's a long way to the finish so don't get
left behind by those horsemen and they gave us the grapes that went ripe
in the sun that loosen the scews at the back of the tongue but we still
told nothing 'bout what was to come four horsemen
I'M
NOT DOWN
if it's true that a rich man lead s a
sad life n' that's what they from day to day then what do all the poor
do with their lives? have nothing to say on judgment day? i've been beat
up, i've been thrown out but i'm not down, i'm not down i've been shown
up, but i've grown up and i'm not down, i'm not down on my own i faced
a gang of jeering in strange streets when my nerves were pumping and i
fought my fear in, i did not run i was not done and i have lived that kind
of day when one of your sorrows will go away it goes down and down and
hit the floor down and down and down some more depression but k now there'll
be some way when i can swing everything back my way like skyscrapers rising
up floor by floor, i'm not giving up so you rock around and think that
you're the ferfest in the world, the whole wide world but you're streets
away from where it gets the roughest you ain't been there
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 battle everybody
smash up your seats and rock to this brand new beat this here music mash
up the nation this here music cause a sensation tell your ma, tell your
pa everything's gonna be all right can't you feel it? don't ignore it gonna
be arl-right revolution rock, i am in a state of shock so bad, bad rock,
this here revolution rock careful how you slide, clyde, all you did was
glide and you poured your beer in me hat with my good eye on the beat,
living on fixation strete and i ai't got no time for that
TRAIN
IN VAIN (STAND BY ME)
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 trapped well some things you can explain away but my
heart aches me still this day chorus you can stand by me you're not alone
you can stand by me no way roll the dice and stay real close i remember
these things the most i see all my dreams come tumbling down i won't be
happy without you around so all alone i keep the wolves at bay there is
only one thing that i can say chorus you must explain why this must be
did you lie when you spoke to me you can stand by me you're not alone now
i got a job but it don't pay i need new clothes i need some today but without
all these things i can do without your love i won't make it through but
you don't understand my point of view i suppose there's nothing i can do
chorus you must explain why this must be did you lie when you spoke to
me you can stand by me you can stand by me you're not alone you can stand
by me always you can stand by me you're not alone you can stand by me always
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