Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! She had all the tattoos and the piercings Hates everything says everybody's wrong She dressed like she slept with Guns n´ Roses But I busted her singing all the boy-band songs She had to go simply because And I let her go like she never was Cause I didn't know And I don't care what she does She had to go 'Cause she didn't know who Joe Strummer was. Hey! At night when we stood in line for hours waiting to see my favorite punk rock band I bled with the pa**ion and the power But she's only there for all the fashion trends With her clueless friends She had to go (she had to go), Simply because (simply because), And I let her go (I let her go) Like she never was (like she never was) 'Cause I didn't know (I didn't know) And I don't care what she does (simply because), She had to go 'Cause she didn't know who Joe Strummer was (Joe Strummer was) Joe Strummer was (Joe Strummer was) She started talkin' 'bout me and my wife (my wife)
But why would I wanna be with someone who doesn't know the Clash saved my life Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Go! It's not that she didn't rock my casbah (my casbah) it's not that I couldn't burn her London down, it's just that she kept on disappearing (disappearing) whenever the Sandinistas came to town and burned it down She had to go (She had to go) simply because (simply because), I let her go (I let her go) like she never was (like she never was), 'cause i didn´t know (I didn't know) and i don't care what she does (simply because), she had to go 'cause she didn't know who Joe Strummer was, (Joe Strummer was) Joe Strummer was, (Joe Strummer was) Joe Strummer was, (Joe Strummer was) Joe Strummer was, (Joe Strummer was) She had to go (she don't know Joe) She had to go (she don't know Joe) She had to go (she don't know Joe) She had to go (she don't know Joe) Go! Hey! Hey! Hey!