The Jam - Strange Town Lyrics

Lyrics Strange Town - The Jam



Found myself in a strange town
Though I've only been here for three weeks now
I've got blisters on my feet
Trying to find a friend in Oxford Street
I bought an A to Z Guide Book
Trying to find the clubs and YMCA's
But when you ask in a strange town
They say don't know, don't care and I've got to go, mate
They worry themselves about feeling low
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
They all ignore me, 'cause they don't know
I'm really a spaceman from those UFO's
You've got to move in a straight line
You've got to walk and talk in four-four time
You can't be weird in a strange town
You'll be betrayed by your accent and manners
You've got to wear the right clothes
Be careful not to pick or scratch your nose
You can't be nice in a strange town
'Cause we don't know, don't care and we got to go, man
Rush my money to the record shops
I stop off in a back street, buy myself a snort
We got our own manifesto
Be kind to queers
I'm so glad the Revolution's here
(It's nice and warm now)
I've finished with clubs where the music's loud
'Cause I don't see a face in a single crowd
There's no one there
I look in the mirror
But I can't be seen
Just a thin, clean layer of Mister Sheen
Looking back at me
Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Found myself in a strange town
Though I've only been here for three weeks now
I've got blisters on my feet
Trying to find a friend in Oxford Street
I bought an A to Z Guide Book
Trying to find the clubs and YMCA's
But when you ask in a strange town
They say don't know, don't care and I've got to go, mate
They worry themselves about feeling low
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
They all ignore me, 'cause they don't know
I'm really a spaceman from those UFO's
(Strange town)
(Strange town)
Break it up, break it up
Break it up, break it up
Break it up, break it up
Break it up, break it up
Hmmm, break it up, break it up
Burn it up, shake it up
Break it up, break it up



Writer(s): Paul Weller


The Jam - Hit Parade Box Set (4 Volume Set)
Album Hit Parade Box Set (4 Volume Set)
date of release
19-03-2007

1 When You're Young
2 In The City
3 All Around the World
4 The Modern World (Single Version)
5 News Of The World
6 David Watts
7 "A" Bomb In Wardour Street (Single Verson)
8 Down In the Tube Station At Midnight (Single Version)
9 Strange Town
10 Eton Rifles (Single Version)
11 Going Underground
12 The Dreams Of Children
13 Start!
14 That's Entertainment
15 Funeral Pyre - Original Mix
16 Absolute Beginners
17 Town Called Malice
18 Precious
19 Just Who Is The 5 O'Clock Hero?
20 The Bitterest Pill (I Ever Had To Swallow)
21 Beat Surrender
22 Speak Like a Child
23 Money-Go-Round, Pt. 1 & 2
24 Long Hot Summer (Single Edit)
25 A Solid Bond In Your Heart
26 My Ever Changing Moods (Single Edit)
27 You're the Best Thing (Single Edit)
28 The Big Boss Groove
29 Shout To the Top
30 Walls Come Tumbling Down
31 Come to Milton Keynes
32 Have You Ever Had It Blue (Single Version)
33 It Didn't Matter (Single Edit)
34 Waiting
35 Wanted (Or Waiter, There's Some Soup In My Flies)
36 Life At a Top Peoples Health Farm
37 How She Threw It All Away
38 Promised Land (Radio Edit)
39 Into Tomorrow
40 Uh Huh Oh Yeh! (Always There To Fool You!)
41 Above The Clouds
42 Sunflower
43 Wild Wood
44 The Weaver - Single Edit
45 Hung Up
46 Out Of The Sinking
47 The Changingman (Single Edit)
48 You Do Something To Me
49 Broken Stones
50 Peacock Suit
51 Brushed
52 Friday Street
53 Mermaids
54 Brand New Start
55 He's the Keeper (Single Edit)
56 Sweet Pea, My Sweet Pea
57 It’s Written In The Stars
58 Leafy Mysteries
59 The Bottle
60 Wishing On A Star - Single Version
61 Thinking of You
62 Early Morning Rain
63 From The Floorboards Up
64 Come On/Let's Go
65 Here's The Good News
66 Blink And You'll Miss It




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