The Clash - Clampdown (Live) lyrics
[The Clash - Clampdown Live lyrics]
(The kingdom is ransacked
The jewels all taken back
And the chopper descends
They're hidden in the back
With a message on a half baked tape
And the spool goes 'round
Sayin' I'm back here in this place
And I could cry
And there's smoke you could click on)
A'what are we gonna do now?
Takin' off his turban, they said
"Is this man a Jew?"
Workin' for the clampdown
They put up a poster sayin'
"We earn more than you!"
We're workin' 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 (workin' for the clampdown)
No man born with a livin' soul
Can be (workin' for the clampdown)
Kick over the wall
'cause governments 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 callin'
Stop wasting your time
There's nothing comin'
Only a fool would think
Someone could save you
The men at the factory are old and cunning
You don't owe nothin', so boy get running
It's the best years of your
Life they want to steal
But, you grow up and you calm down
And you're (workin' for the clampdown)
You start wearin' blue and brown
And (workin' for the clampdown)
So you got someone to boss around
It makes ya' feel big now
You drift until you brutalize
Make your first kill now
In these days of evil presidentes
(Workin' for the clampdown)
But lately one or two has
Fully paid their dues
For (workin' for the clampdown)
Ha! Get along! Get along!
(Workin' for the clampdown)
Ha! Get along! Get along!
(Workin' for the clampdown)
Yeah I’m workin' hard in Harrisburg
Workin' hard in Petersburg
(Workin' for the clampdown)
(Workin' for the clampdown)
Ha! Get along! Get along
Beggin' to be melted down
(Get along, get along) work
Work
And I ain't giving away no secrets – ha!
Work more work
More work work
Work work
Work
Who's barmy now?
The jewels all taken back
And the chopper descends
They're hidden in the back
With a message on a half baked tape
And the spool goes 'round
Sayin' I'm back here in this place
And I could cry
And there's smoke you could click on)
A'what are we gonna do now?
Takin' off his turban, they said
"Is this man a Jew?"
Workin' for the clampdown
They put up a poster sayin'
"We earn more than you!"
We're workin' 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 (workin' for the clampdown)
No man born with a livin' soul
Can be (workin' for the clampdown)
Kick over the wall
'cause governments 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 callin'
Stop wasting your time
There's nothing comin'
Only a fool would think
Someone could save you
The men at the factory are old and cunning
You don't owe nothin', so boy get running
It's the best years of your
Life they want to steal
But, you grow up and you calm down
And you're (workin' for the clampdown)
You start wearin' blue and brown
And (workin' for the clampdown)
So you got someone to boss around
It makes ya' feel big now
You drift until you brutalize
Make your first kill now
In these days of evil presidentes
(Workin' for the clampdown)
But lately one or two has
Fully paid their dues
For (workin' for the clampdown)
Ha! Get along! Get along!
(Workin' for the clampdown)
Ha! Get along! Get along!
(Workin' for the clampdown)
Yeah I’m workin' hard in Harrisburg
Workin' hard in Petersburg
(Workin' for the clampdown)
(Workin' for the clampdown)
Ha! Get along! Get along
Beggin' to be melted down
(Get along, get along) work
Work
And I ain't giving away no secrets – ha!
Work more work
More work work
Work work
Work
Who's barmy now?