Joe Strummer - Gangsterville lyrics

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 wheatlands 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 an*lysis Just wanna hold my carburettor 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.