Clash City Rockers

Album: The Clash US Version (1978)
Charted: 35
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  • 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 listen to the tube train accelerator
    Then you realize that you got to have a purpose
    Or this place is gonna knock you out sooner or later

    So don't complain about your useless employment
    Jack it in forever tonight
    Or shut your mouth and pretend you enjoy it
    Think of all the money you've got

    An' I want to liquefy everybody gone dry
    Or plug into the aerials that poke up in the sky
    Or burn down the suburbs with the half-closed eyes
    You won't succeed unless you try

    You owe me a move say the bells of St. Groove
    Come on and show me say the bells of Old Bowie
    When I am fitter say the bells of Gary Glitter
    No one but you and I say the bells of Prince Far-I
    No one but you and I say the bells of Prince Far-I

    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
    Rock rock Clash city rockers Writer/s: JOE STRUMMER, MICK JONES, PAUL SIMONON, TOPPER HEADON
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Roman Adams from Bend OregonJesus Christ I love this song so much it just gives me good vibes when I hear it .
  • Zabadak from London, EnglandReached #35 in the UK
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