How Can I Understand The Flies? lyrics - The Clash
In the summer
The flies buzzing round my head
Every night
I don't understand the flies buzzing 'round my head
How can I go to sleep?
How can I go to sleep?
For the flies
For the flies
For the flies
For the flies
In the summer
The flies buzzing 'round my head
Every night
I don't understand the flies buzzing round my head
How can I go to sleep?
How can I go to sleep?
For the flies
For the flies
For the flies
For the flies
For the flies
For the flies
For the flies
For the flies
For the flies
For the flies
Idle In Kangaroo Court lyrics - The Clash
Shout, everybody shout: hey waiter!
I want in, I want out, hey jailer!
Run, walk this way, that way, buy a paper
Or reach easy down on your knees, for later
Go cat go!
That message you run
Is gonna be a make-or-breaker
Zoom zoom!
Now I am a one man survey team from Labour
I am studying you city types' behaviour
Hey girl, this opinion poll, you can't wait, huh?
Perhaps I'll flee my bench to chase her
Go cat go!
In bitching hour
Go grab your wings to chase her
You've sold your time but I still got mine
I'm from the spare-part pile, wanna see my
Licence to kill time?
The shows tonight will close tonight, see you later
The efficient sweep will wash the streets safer
From the rush-hour crush to the empty square I'll wait here
And the b-line c-line d-line three-line breaker
Go cat go!
In the spillage hour
Everybody's going as if they'll get there later - yep!
You've sold your time but I still got mine
I'm from the spare-part pile, wanna see my
Licence to kill time?
Kill time
Dali melts it
Arnie Pauly
To be an agitator
Arnie Pauly
And someone's left the paper
Arnie Pauly
To be an agitator
Arnie Pauly, Pauly
Someone's left their paper
Shout, everybody shout: hey waiter!
I want in, I want out, hey jailer!
Run, walk this way, that way, buy a paper
Or reach easy down on your knees, for later
And the b-line c-line a-line free-line hard-line best-line left-line fine-line breaker
Kill Time! lyrics - The Clash
Shout, everybody shout: "hey waiter!
I want in, I want out, hey jailer!"
Run, walk this way, that way, buy a paper
Or reach easy down on your knees, for later
Go cat go!
That message you run
Is gonna be a make-or-breaker
Zoom zoom!
Now I am a one man survey team from Labor
I am studying you city types' behavior
Hey girl, this opinion poll, you can't wait, huh?
Perhaps I'll flee my bench to chase her
Go cat go!
In bitching hour
Go grab your wings to chase her
You've sold your time but I still got mine
I'm from the spare-part pile, wanna see my
License to kill time?
The shows tonight will close tonight, see you later
The efficient sweep will wash the streets safer
From the rush-hour crush to the empty square I'll wait here
And the b-line c-line d-line three-line breaker
Go cat go!
In the spillage hour
Everybody's going as if they'll get there later - yep!
You've sold your time but I still got mine
I'm from the spare-part pile, wanna see my
License to kill time?
Kill time
Dali melts it
Arnie Pauly
To be an agitator
Arnie Pauly
And someone's left the paper
Arnie Pauly
To be an agitator
Arnie Pauly, Pauly
Someone's left their paper
Shout, everybody shout: "hey waiter!
I want in, I want out, hey jailer!"
Run, walk this way, that way, buy a paper
Or reach easy down on your knees, for later
And the b-line c-line a-line free-line hard-line best-line left-line fine-line breaker
Mark Me Absent lyrics - The Clash
School always lies
It's just about time that I got wise
Mark me absent, baby
Don't bother to look for my name
I got away
Can't tell that the school has been?
Think about a time that it's ever been?
Mark me absent now, baby
Don't bother to look for my name
I got away
I got away
I got away
School lies
It's just about time I got wise
Mark me absent, baby
Don't bother to look for my name
I got away
I got away
I got away
The Beautiful People Are Ugly Too lyrics - The Clash
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 washing when the dance is through
Now your face without pretense
Is lit up on the fence
You, you, you, you
You can buy another singer like you gotta lotta money
You, you, you, you
You can buy another singer like you gotta lotta money
All those who feign indifference
Whether to be or become past tense
The forgotten part of old acquaintance
Who stiffed out on the Itchycoo Park bench
And the beautiful people are ugly too
There gonna be a lot of washing when the dance is through
Admit it!
You thought you were the hero
Of "The Fulham Connection 2"
Yeah, the flashing strip
You flashed your jewels
But now: the credits
It must roll through
You, you, you, you
You can buy another singer like you gotta lotta money
You, you, you, you
You can buy another singer like you gotta lotta money
Oh the beautiful people are ugly too
There's gonna be a lot of washing when the dance is through
And the beautiful people are ugly too
There's gonna be a lot of washing when the dance is through
A fatal mistake, they lived a year in a week
And ready to be great if you got a receipt
You, you, you, you
You can buy another singer like you gotta lotta money
You, you, you, you
You can buy another singer like you gotta lotta money
You can't get a lot of swing along a letter to jail
The beautiful people are ugly too
There's gonna be a lot of washing when the dance is through
Now the beautiful people are ugly too
1977 lyrics - The Clash
in 1977 i hope i go to heaven
cos 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
in 1977
knives in west 11
lent so lucky to be rich
sten guns in knightsbridge
danger stranger
you better paint your face
no elvis, beatles or the rolling stones
in 1977
in 1977
you're on the never never
you think it can't go on forever
but the papers say it's better
i don't care 'cos i'm not all there
no elvis, beatles or the rolling stones
in 1977
sod the jubilee
in 1978
in 1979
stayed in bed
in 1980
in 1981
the toilet don't work
in 1982
in 1983
here come the police
in 1984
cos 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
in 1977
knives in west 11
lent so lucky to be rich
sten guns in knightsbridge
danger stranger
you better paint your face
no elvis, beatles or the rolling stones
in 1977
in 1977
you're on the never never
you think it can't go on forever
but the papers say it's better
i don't care 'cos i'm not all there
no elvis, beatles or the rolling stones
in 1977
sod the jubilee
in 1978
in 1979
stayed in bed
in 1980
in 1981
the toilet don't work
in 1982
in 1983
here come the police
in 1984
Jail Guitar Doors lyrics - The Clash
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 mother's son
Clang clang, go the jail guitar doors
An' I'll tell you 'bout Pete, didn't want no fame
Gave all his money away
"Well there's something wrong, it'll be good for you, son"
And so they certified him insane
And then there's Keith, waiting for trial
Twenty-five thousand bail
If he goes down you won't hear his sound
But his friends carry on anyway
Fuck 'em!
Jail guitar doors
54/46 was my number
Jail guitar doors
Right now someone else has that number
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 mother's son
Clang clang, go the jail guitar doors
An' I'll tell you 'bout Pete, didn't want no fame
Gave all his money away
"Well there's something wrong, it'll be good for you, son"
And so they certified him insane
And then there's Keith, waiting for trial
Twenty-five thousand bail
If he goes down you won't hear his sound
But his friends carry on anyway
Fuck 'em!
Jail guitar doors
54/46 was my number
Jail guitar doors
Right now someone else has that number
City Of The Dead lyrics - The Clash
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 kickin' around
but you got drunk an' fallen down
an' i wished i could be like you
with the soho river drinking me down
in the city of the dead
fall in love an' fall in bed
it wasn't anything you said
except i know we both lie dead
don't you know where to cop
that's what new york johnny said * * * *
you should get to know your town
just like i know mine
while all the windows stare ahead
an' the streets are filled with dread
every nation in the world
slinks through the alley after girls
what we wear is dangerous gear
it'll get you picked on anywhere
though we get beat up we don't care
at least it livens up the air
but somedays we hide inside
all courage gone and paralysed
sniff that wind of ugly tension
today the jerks have got aggression
it is the city of the dead
[*Johnny Thunders]
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 kickin' around
but you got drunk an' fallen down
an' i wished i could be like you
with the soho river drinking me down
in the city of the dead
fall in love an' fall in bed
it wasn't anything you said
except i know we both lie dead
don't you know where to cop
that's what new york johnny said * * * *
you should get to know your town
just like i know mine
while all the windows stare ahead
an' the streets are filled with dread
every nation in the world
slinks through the alley after girls
what we wear is dangerous gear
it'll get you picked on anywhere
though we get beat up we don't care
at least it livens up the air
but somedays we hide inside
all courage gone and paralysed
sniff that wind of ugly tension
today the jerks have got aggression
it is the city of the dead
[*Johnny Thunders]
The Prisoner lyrics - The Clash
the prisoner meets the muppet hi-fi
north of watford junction
we get in but we don't have fun
an' we leave 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 decent
johnny too bad meets johnny be good
in the charing cross road
that's the only thing that happened today
says the west end jungle code
and all the germans and all the french
jam themselves down the tube
and re-enact the second world war
while the rude boys get rude!
and i look to my left
and i look to my right
and i'm looking for a man
i'm looking for a sign
i don't wanna be the prisoner
the prisoner lives in camden town
selling revolution
the prisoner loads his tracking arm up
with self-disillusion
your mother does the washing up
your old man digs the garden
you're only free to dodge the cops
an' bunk the train to stardom
north of watford junction
we get in but we don't have fun
an' we leave 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 decent
johnny too bad meets johnny be good
in the charing cross road
that's the only thing that happened today
says the west end jungle code
and all the germans and all the french
jam themselves down the tube
and re-enact the second world war
while the rude boys get rude!
and i look to my left
and i look to my right
and i'm looking for a man
i'm looking for a sign
i don't wanna be the prisoner
the prisoner lives in camden town
selling revolution
the prisoner loads his tracking arm up
with self-disillusion
your mother does the washing up
your old man digs the garden
you're only free to dodge the cops
an' bunk the train to stardom
Pressure Drop lyrics - The Clash
(Originally by Maytals)
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' it wrong, wrong, wrong
Now when it drops
Oh you gonna feel it
That you were doin' it wrong and how
I said when it drops
You gonna feel it
That you've been doin' it wrong
Now when it drops, drop
You gonna feel it
That you've been doin' wrong
Now when it drops, drop
Feel it
You make the wrong move
Now when it drops, drop
You gonna feel it
That you've been it doin' wrong
I said, pressure drop
Oh pressure, oh yeah
Pressure's gonna drop on you
Pressure drop
Oh pressure, oh yeah
Pressure's gonna drop on you
Now when it drops on your dirty little head
Where you gonna go?
It's you, you, you
When it drop on, oh you're gonna feel it
What you're doing is wrong, wrong, wrong
Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure...
I said a 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' it wrong, wrong, wrong
Now when it drops
Oh you gonna feel it
That you were doin' it wrong and how
I said when it drops
You gonna feel it
That you've been doin' it wrong
Now when it drops, drop
You gonna feel it
That you've been doin' wrong
Now when it drops, drop
Feel it
You make the wrong move
Now when it drops, drop
You gonna feel it
That you've been it doin' wrong
I said, pressure drop
Oh pressure, oh yeah
Pressure's gonna drop on you
Pressure drop
Oh pressure, oh yeah
Pressure's gonna drop on you
Now when it drops on your dirty little head
Where you gonna go?
It's you, you, you
When it drop on, oh you're gonna feel it
What you're doing is wrong, wrong, wrong
Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure...
I said a pressure drop
1-2 Crush On You lyrics - The Clash
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 attention for you
although we're only strangers
they don't need to know
i gotta cum clean, i gotta cum clean
ooh, i got a crush on you
i wanna get serious right away
1-2, i got a crush on you
what you doin' today or any other day?
1-2, i got a crush on you
just one look and i go insane
1-2, i got a crush on you
your daddy never comes to get you
`cos lives so far away
but his i-talian chauffeur shows up every day
but i'll get you in the corner, i'll get you all
alone
i gotta cum clean, i gotta come clean
i got a crush on you
1-2, i got a crush on you
1-2, i got a crush on you
1-2, i got a crush on you
i said 1-2
i got a crush on you
why should i get a crush on yet?
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 attention for you
although we're only strangers
they don't need to know
i gotta cum clean, i gotta cum clean
ooh, i got a crush on you
i wanna get serious right away
1-2, i got a crush on you
what you doin' today or any other day?
1-2, i got a crush on you
just one look and i go insane
1-2, i got a crush on you
your daddy never comes to get you
`cos lives so far away
but his i-talian chauffeur shows up every day
but i'll get you in the corner, i'll get you all
alone
i gotta cum clean, i gotta come clean
i got a crush on you
1-2, i got a crush on you
1-2, i got a crush on you
1-2, i got a crush on you
i said 1-2
i got a crush on you
why should i get a crush on yet?
Groovy Times lyrics - The Clash
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 are here again
they discovered one black saturday
that mobs don't march they run
so you can excuse the nervous triggerman
just this once for jumping the gun
as they were picking up the dead
out of the broken glass
yes it's number one, the radio said
groovy times have come to pass!
groovy times groovy times groovy times
the intake is on the uptake
the acceleration's pretty grim
i can remember his first appearance
now look what's happened to him
so they put him in a dog suit
like from 1964
the king of early evening tv
groovy times forever more
groovy times
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 are here again
they discovered one black saturday
that mobs don't march they run
so you can excuse the nervous triggerman
just this once for jumping the gun
as they were picking up the dead
out of the broken glass
yes it's number one, the radio said
groovy times have come to pass!
groovy times groovy times groovy times
the intake is on the uptake
the acceleration's pretty grim
i can remember his first appearance
now look what's happened to him
so they put him in a dog suit
like from 1964
the king of early evening tv
groovy times forever more
groovy times
Gates Of The West lyrics - The Clash
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' that I made it all this way
From Camden town station to 44th and 8th
Not many make it this far and many say we're great
But just like them we walk on an' we can't escape our fate
Can't you hear the sighing
Eastside Jimmy and Southside Sue
Both say they needed something new
So I'm standing at the gates of the west
I burn money at the lights of the sign
The city casts a shadow of the perfect crime
I'm standing at the gates of the east
I take my pulse and the pulse of my friend
The city casts a shadow, will I see you again?
The immigrants an' remnants of all the glory years
Are clustered around the bar again for another round of beers
Little Richard's in the kitchen playing spoons and plates
He's telling the waitress he's great
Ah say i know somewhere back'n'forth in time
Out on the dustbowls, deep in the roulette mine
Or in a ghetto cellar only yesterday
There's a move into the future for the USA.
I hear them crying
Eastside Jimmy and Southside Sue
Both said they needed something new
Standing at the gates of the west
In the shadow again
I'm standing at the gates of the west
In the shadow again
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' that I made it all this way
From Camden town station to 44th and 8th
Not many make it this far and many say we're great
But just like them we walk on an' we can't escape our fate
Can't you hear the sighing
Eastside Jimmy and Southside Sue
Both say they needed something new
So I'm standing at the gates of the west
I burn money at the lights of the sign
The city casts a shadow of the perfect crime
I'm standing at the gates of the east
I take my pulse and the pulse of my friend
The city casts a shadow, will I see you again?
The immigrants an' remnants of all the glory years
Are clustered around the bar again for another round of beers
Little Richard's in the kitchen playing spoons and plates
He's telling the waitress he's great
Ah say i know somewhere back'n'forth in time
Out on the dustbowls, deep in the roulette mine
Or in a ghetto cellar only yesterday
There's a move into the future for the USA.
I hear them crying
Eastside Jimmy and Southside Sue
Both said they needed something new
Standing at the gates of the west
In the shadow again
I'm standing at the gates of the west
In the shadow again
Capital Radio (One/Two) lyrics - The Clash
yes, it's time for the dr. goebbels
show!
there's a tower in the heart of london
with a radio station right at the top
they don't make the city beat
they're making all the action stop
a long time ago there were pirates
beaming waves from the sea
but now all the stations are silent
'cos they ain't got a government license
wanna tell your problems
phone in from your bedsit room
having trouble with your partner
let us all in on the news
if you wanna hear a record
or get the word from Aidan Day
he picks all the hits to play
to keep you in your place all day
capital radio
in tune with nothing
don't touch that dial
show!
there's a tower in the heart of london
with a radio station right at the top
they don't make the city beat
they're making all the action stop
a long time ago there were pirates
beaming waves from the sea
but now all the stations are silent
'cos they ain't got a government license
wanna tell your problems
phone in from your bedsit room
having trouble with your partner
let us all in on the news
if you wanna hear a record
or get the word from Aidan Day
he picks all the hits to play
to keep you in your place all day
capital radio
in tune with nothing
don't touch that dial
Justice Tonight/Kick It Over lyrics - The Clash
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
justice tonight
runnin and a hiding tonight
justice tonight
remember to kick it over
no one will guide you through armegideon time
it's armagideon
it's not christmas time
a lot of people
a lot of people use a calculator
a lot of people won't get no supper tonight
a lot of people sittin' down by the light
the battle is gettin hotter
armagideon time
armagideon
remember to kick it over
armagideon time
a lot of people ain't got no supper tonight
a lot of people got to stand out back
this old town and all
seems like i got to travel on
a lot of people won't get no supper tonight
justice tonight
runnin and a hiding tonight
justice tonight
remember to kick it over
no one will guide you through armegideon time
it's armagideon
it's not christmas time
a lot of people
a lot of people use a calculator
a lot of people won't get no supper tonight
a lot of people sittin' down by the light
the battle is gettin hotter
armagideon time
armagideon
remember to kick it over
armagideon time
a lot of people ain't got no supper tonight
a lot of people got to stand out back
Robber Dub lyrics - The Clash
My Daddy was a bankrobber
But he never hurt nobody
He just loved to live that way
And he loved
Never loved a shovel
Break
The old man spoke up in a bar
Said I never been in prison
A
Someday you'll meet your rocking chair
Cos that's where we're spinning
There's
Yeah
My daddy was a bankrobber
But he never hurt nobody
He
Get away, get away
Money
He loved to steal your money
But he never hurt nobody
He just loved to live that way
And he loved
Never loved a shovel
Break
The old man spoke up in a bar
Said I never been in prison
A
Someday you'll meet your rocking chair
Cos that's where we're spinning
There's
Yeah
My daddy was a bankrobber
But he never hurt nobody
He
Get away, get away
Money
He loved to steal your money
Stop The World lyrics - The Clash
the panorama of the city is wrong
in fact the city seems to be gone!
burning rubber and smoke in my eyes
there's a flat burning junkheap
for twenty square miles!
they took it into the nuclear mine
judging by this, they left nothing behind
down in the bunkers in the crust of the earth
now crouch the wealthy and the noble of birth
if i could a ride a train around the city
that holds this as our fate
i'd hide from electro-circuit central
to the shock inducer gate
not forgetting the by-pass
across the washington hooks
through the phones and desks and screens
of the kremlin's crook of crooks
there's some panel in a circuit board
destination of the override
scanning the wild wind
blowing through the berlin corridor
spotlit in a palace, shielded from dust
malfunction or not, the failsafe is the crux
so far away from us,
shaking with the mystery tears
one lonely night in ladbroke grove
far away in the deserts of omaha!
they got it nailed down-swiss tight!
the bank notes of europe
the emperors and kings
curl in the autumn as the burning of leaves
and i've cleaned my black guitar...
in fact the city seems to be gone!
burning rubber and smoke in my eyes
there's a flat burning junkheap
for twenty square miles!
they took it into the nuclear mine
judging by this, they left nothing behind
down in the bunkers in the crust of the earth
now crouch the wealthy and the noble of birth
if i could a ride a train around the city
that holds this as our fate
i'd hide from electro-circuit central
to the shock inducer gate
not forgetting the by-pass
across the washington hooks
through the phones and desks and screens
of the kremlin's crook of crooks
there's some panel in a circuit board
destination of the override
scanning the wild wind
blowing through the berlin corridor
spotlit in a palace, shielded from dust
malfunction or not, the failsafe is the crux
so far away from us,
shaking with the mystery tears
one lonely night in ladbroke grove
far away in the deserts of omaha!
they got it nailed down-swiss tight!
the bank notes of europe
the emperors and kings
curl in the autumn as the burning of leaves
and i've cleaned my black guitar...
The Magnificent Dance lyrics - The Clash
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
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
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