Joe Strummer - Gangsterville Lyrics
Now's the time your visions and your shredsTurned out to be the cheap imported threadsThe flag reeled out in a cotton kiteFlying miles above the wheatlands in a single stripeThe Revolution came and the Revolution wentThe chemical rain left the message on the tentWanted: one man to lead a crusadePayment: a bullet on a big paradeDown in GangstervilleWhere any sane people already crawled under the houseYeah Gangsterville--the television is always thinking aboutReal people--especially when it's hungryFinal decisions are made by the clubAnd implemented by the shadow of a gloveAnd sitting in a coffeehouse reading wordsWe got popcorn salesmen for protection from the worldWent through extensive preparationsI learned all about the other nationsWhen freedom was defined as a word in a bookI learned if you're plugged into something then baby you're hookedInto GangstervilleI searched for a rose or some sweet juice of waterGangsterville--people are givingA black lady sobbed on a step--God bless the little bornOn the other hand, sitting next to a evil crewThey just got down from floor eighty-twoBeen selling Indian reservationsComing in looking for some jazz and a little libationsI like the same kind of beerI gotta get right out of hereI'm going to New Orleans--gonna buy me a prayerGonna call somebody from a call box thereHell this is GangstervilleBring your money to the shoreNo automatic weapons on the jettyOh Gangsterville--electro shields on the phalanxClub the Mayor in the streets--it's a chewable fecieMy kind, we are the worst kindGot enough shrinks working on usTo defy paralysis, identify analysisJust wanna hold my carburettor bibleSnapping to attention--eyes on the horizonKeep your filter clean--wipe the oil from your dreamsKeep our hopes pinned to the Southern CrossYou got to believe in something or you feel a sense of lossDown in GangstervillePelicans dying strangling on a six can strapGansterville shut off all the power burn out all the gasolineStop writing things on screens.
