The Clash - London’s Burning (Live) lyrics

London's burnin'! London's burnin'!

All across the town, all across the night
Everybody's drivin' with full headlights
Black or white ya' turn it on
Ya' face the new religion
Everybody's sittin' 'round
Watching television!

London's burnin' with boredom now
London's burning dial 99999
London's burnin' with boredom now
London's burnin' dial 99999

I'm up and down the Westway
In and out the lights
What a great traffic system, it's so bright
I can't think of a better
Way to spend the night
Than speedin' around underneath
The yellow lights



London's burnin' with boredom now
London's burning dial 99999
London's burnin' with boredom now
London's burnin' dial 99999

Now I'm in the subway and
I'm lookin' for the flat
This one leads to this block
This one leads to that
The wind howls through the empty
Blocks looking for a home
I run through the empty stone
Because I'm all alone

London's burnin' with boredom now
London's burning dial 99999
London's burnin' with boredom now
London's burnin' dial 99999

Here we go yah, here we are riding along
The West London motorway
On your left we see the
Tower blocks built in 1963
With a massive repair bill for the GLC
And over there you see Westbourne Park
They don’t wanna traffic system
To park the car london's burnin'!