Gangsterville

Now's the time your visions and your shreds Turned out to be the cheap imported threads The flag reeled out in a cotton kite Flying miles above the wheat lands in a single stripe The Revolution came and the Revolution went The chemical rain left the message on the tent Wanted: one man to lead a crusade Payment: a bullet on a big parade Down in Gangsterville Where any sane people already crawled under the house Yeah Gangsterville, the television is always thinking about Real people, especially when it's hungry Final decisions are made by the club And implemented by the shadow of a glove And sitting in a coffeehouse reading words We got popcorn salesmen for protection from the world Went through extensive preparations I learned all about the other nations When freedom was defined as a word in a book I learned if you're plugged into something then baby you're hooked Into Gangsterville I searched for a rose or some sweet juice of water Gangsterville, people are giving A black lady sobbed on a step--God bless the little born On the other hand, sitting next to a evil crew They just got down from floor eighty-two Been selling Indian reservations Coming in looking for some jazz and a little libations I like the same kind of beer I gotta get right out of here I'm going to New Orleans--gonna buy me a prayer Gonna call somebody from a call box there Hell this is Gangsterville Bring your money to the shore No automatic weapons on the jetty Oh Gangsterville, electro shields on the phalanx Club the Mayor in the streets, it's a chewable fecie My kind, we are the worst kind Got enough shrinks working on us To defy paralysis, identify analysis Just wanna hold my carburetor bible Snapping to attention, eyes on the horizon Keep your filter clean, wipe the oil from your dreams Keep our hopes pinned to the Southern Cross You got to believe in something or you feel a sense of loss Down in Gangsterville Pelicans dying strangling on a six can strap Gansterville shut off all the power burn out all the gasoline Stop writing things on screens. --- Gangsterville - Joe Strummer