What's My Name

Album: The Clash (1977)
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  • 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 naaaame...naaaame....naaaame....

    I tried to join a ping-pong club, sign on the door said all full up!
    I got nicked, fighting in the road an' the judge didn't even know

    What's my name

    Dad go pissed so I got clocked
    Couldn't hear the Tannoy so he lost the lot
    Offers Mum a bribe through the letter box
    Drives you fucking mad

    What's my name

    Now I'm round the back of your house at night
    Peeping in the window - are you sleeping tight?
    I laugh at your locks with my celluloid strip
    An' you won't know who came

    What's my name Writer/s: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon
    Publisher: Sentric Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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