London Calling - The Clash
Joe Strummer/Mick Jones/Paul Simonon/Topper Headon
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[Intro: x4]
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London calling to the faraway towns
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Now war is declared, and battle come down
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London calling to the underworld
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Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls
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London calling, now don't look to us
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Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
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London calling, see we ain't got no swing
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'Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing
[Chorus 1:]
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The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
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Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
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Engines stop running, but I have no fear
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'Cause London is drowning, and I ~~~~~~~ live by the river
London calling to the imitation zone
Forget it, brother, you can go it alone
London calling to the zombies of death
Quit holding out, and draw another breath
London calling, and I don't wanna shout
But while we were talking, I saw you nodding out
London calling, see we ain't got no high
Except for that one with the yellowy eyes
[Chorus 2: x2]
The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin
A nuclear error, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning, and I live by the river
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Now get this
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London calling, yes, I was there, too
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An' you know what they said? Well, some of it was true!
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London calling at the top of the dial
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After all this, won't you give me a smile?
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London calling
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I never felt so much alike [fading] alike alike alike