The Clash - 1-2 Crush On You

Standing in a queue in a school canteen
Guys on the corner, they were laughing at me
But I don't mind if they see it all, you know
I gotta come clean, I gotta come clean
Ooh, I got a crush on you

My mind don't need it, but my body do
A little bit of loving and attention from you
Although we're only strangers they don't need to know
I gotta come clean, I gotta come clean
Ooh, I got a crush on you

I wanna get serious right away - one, two, I got a crush on you
What you doin' today or any other day - one, two, I got a crush on you
Just one look and I go insane - one, two, I got a crush on you
It's true!

Your daddy never comes to see you 'cause he lives so far away
But his Italian chauffeur shows up every day But I'll get you in the corner, I'll really let you know
I gotta come clean, I gotta come clean Ooh, I got a crush on you
I wanna get serious straight away - one, two, I got a crush on you
What you doin' today or any other day - one, two, I got a crush on you
Just one look and I go insane - one, two, I got a crush on you
It's true!

One, two, I got a crush on you
One, two, I got a crush on you
One, two, I got a crush on you
I said one, two, I got a crush on you

Why shouldn't I get a crush on you?
Why shouldn't I get a crush on you?

The Clash - 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
Now all the stations are silent
'Cause they ain't got a government license

If you 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
Well get the word from Aiden Day
He picks all the hits to play
To keep you in your place all day

Capital radio
Capital radio
Capital radio
Capital radio
In tune with nothing
Don't touch that dial

The Clash - 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

(originally recorded by The Maytals)

The Clash - 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 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

The Clash - 1977

In 1977

I hope I go to heaven

I too long on the dole

And I can't work at all

Danger stranger

Ya' better paint your face

No Elvis, Beatles, or the Rolling Stones

In 1977

Knives in West 11

Ain't so lucky to be rich

Stun guns in Knightsbridge

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

'Cause 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

The Clash - 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 shakin' to the top

The sheik he drove his Cadillac

He went a' cruisin' down the ville

The muezzin was a' standing

On the radiator grille

The shareef don't like it

Rock the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

The shareef don't like it

Rock the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

By order of the prophet

We ban that boogie sound

Degenerate the faithful

With that crazy Casbah sound

But the Bedouin they brought out

The electric camel drum

The local guitar picker

Got his guitar picking thumb

As soon as the shareef

Had cleared the square

They began to wail

The shareef don't like it

Rock the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

The shareef don't like it

Rock the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

Now over at the temple

Oh! They really pack 'em in

The in crowd say it's cool

To dig this chanting thing

But as the wind changed direction

And the temple band took five

The crowd caught a whiff

Of that crazy Casbah jive

The shareef don't like it

Rock the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

The shareef don't like it

Rock the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

The king called up his jet fighters

He said you better earn your pay

Drop your bombs between the minarets

Down the Casbah way

As soon as the shareef was

Chauffeured outta there

The jet pilots tuned to

The cockpit radio blare

As soon as the shareef was

Outta their hair

The jet pilots wailed

The shareef don't like it

Rock the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

The shareef don't like it

Rock the Casbah

Rock the Casbah

He thinks it's not kosher

Fundamentally he can't take it.

You know he really hates it.

The Clash - The Magnificent Seven

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

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., the F.M. the P.M. too
Churning out that boogaloo
Gets you up and gets you out
But how long can you keep it up?
Gimme Honda, Gimme Sony
So cheap and real phony
Hong Kong dollars and Indian cents
English pounds and Eskimo pence

You lot! What?
Don't stop! Give it all you got!
You lot! What?
Don't stop! Yeah!

Working for a rise, better my station
Take my baby to sophistication
She's seen the ads, she thinks it's nice
Better work hard - I seen the price
Never mind that it's time for the bus
We got to work - an' you're one of us
Clocks go slow in a place of work
Minutes drag and the hours jerk

"When can I tell 'em wot I do?
In a second, maaan...oright Chuck!"

Wave bub-bub-bub-bye to the boss
It's our profit, it's his loss
But anyway lunch bells ring
Take one hour and do your thanng!
Cheeesboiger!

What do we have for entertainment?
Cops kickin' Gypsies on the pavement
Now the news - snap to attention!
The lunar landing of the dentist convention
Italian mobster shoots a lobster
Seafood restaurant gets out of hand
A car in the fridge
Or a fridge in the car?
Like cowboys do - in T.V. land

You lot! What? Don't stop. Huh?

So get back to work an' sweat some more
The sun will sink an' we'll get out the door
It's no good for man to work in cages
Hits the town, he drinks his wages
You're frettin', you're sweatin'
But did you notice you ain't gettin'?
Don't you ever stop long enough to start?
To take your car outta that gear
Don't you ever stop long enough to start?
To get your car outta that gear
Karlo Marx and Fredrich Engels
Came to the checkout at the 7-11
Marx was skint - but he had sense
Engels lent him the necessary pence

What have we got? Yeh-o, magnificence!!

Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi
Went to the park to check on the game
But they was murdered by the other team
Who went on to win 50-nil
You can be true, you can be false
You be given the same reward
Socrates and Milhous Nixon
Both went the same way - through the kitchen
Plato the Greek or Rin Tin Tin
Who's more famous to the billion millions?
News Flash: Vacuum Cleaner Sucks Up Budgie
Oooohh...bub-bye

Magnificence

The Clash - The Prisoner

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
I don't wanna be the prisoner
I don't wanna be the prisoner
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

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
I don't wanna be the prisoner
I don't wanna be the prisoner
I don't wanna be the prisoner

The Clash - 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
Now all the stations are silent
'Cause they ain't got a government license

If you 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
Well get the word from Aiden Day
He picks all the hits to play
To keep you in your place all day

Capital Radio
Capital Radio
Capital Radio
Capital Radio

Hey, hey you guys!
Come on!
Jonesy?
Yeah, what?

Hey listen, I've been thinking
We'll never get on the radio like this!
You know that?
Now, I've been studying the charts
Using my mind and my imagination
I can see it all now!
The drummer's in the box office, and he's counting all the money!

Yes! You guys know just what to do!
Are you all ready?
All right, on the count of four:
Four!
Hey! Yes that's got it!
Move it up!
Wow!
Pure gold!
Hey!
Yeah get that DJ on the line! Ow!
Have you seen me dance?
I'm the one that I want!
On fire!
Slow me down!
Slow me down!

The Clash - Bankrobber

My daddy was a bank robber
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
Sayin' how bad your luck is

So we came to jazz it up
We never loved a shovel
Break your back to earn your pay
An' don't forget to grovel

The old man spoke up in a bar
Said I never been in prison
A lifetime serving one machine
Is ten times worse than prison

Imagine if all the boys in jail
Could get out now together
Whadda you think they'd want to say to us?
While we was being clever

Someday you'll meet your rocking chair
'Cause that's where we're spinning
There's no point to want to comb your hair
When it's grey and thinning

Run rabbit run
Strike out boys, for the hills
I can find that hole in the wall
And I know that they never will

The Clash - 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 not to hear the call-up
I don't wanna kill!

For he who will die
Is he who will kill

Maybe I wanna see the wheatfields
Over Kiev and down to the sea

All the young people down the ages
They gladly marched off to die
Proud city fathers used to watch them
Tears in their eyes

There is a rose that I want to live for
Although, God knows, I may not have met her
There is a dance an' I should be with her
There is a town - unlike any other

It's up to you not to hear the call-up
'N' you must not act the way you were brought up
Who give you work an' why should you do it?
At fifty five minutes past eleven
There is a rose...
Yeah!

The Clash - 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 international plan
In the psycho shadow of the white right hand
Then that see ghettology as an urban Vietnam
Giving deadly exhibitions of murder by napalm

This is radio clash tearing up the seven veils
This is radio clash please save us, not the whales
This is radio clash underneath a mushroom cloud
This is radio clash
You don't need that funeral shroud

Forces have been looting
My humanity
Curfews have been curbing
The end of liberty

Hands of law have sorted through
My identity
But now this sound is brave
And wants to be free - anyway to be free

This is radio clash on pirate satellite
This is not free Europe
Not an armed force network
This is radio clash using audio ammunition
This is radio clash can we get that world to listen?
This is radio clash using aural ammunition
This is radio clash can we get that world to listen?
This is radio clash on pirate satellite
Orbiting your living room,
Cashing in the bill of rights
This is radio clash on pirate satellite
This is radio clash everybody hold on tight

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