The Clash - Clampdown (Live at Shea Stadium) Lyrics

Lyrics Clampdown (Live at Shea Stadium) - The Clash



The kingdom is ransacked, the jewels all taken back
And the chopper descends
They're hidden in the back, with a message on a half-baked tape
With the spool going round, saying I'm back here in this place
And I could cry
And there's smoke you could click on
What are we going to do now?
Taking off his turban, they said, is this man a Jew?
'Cause working for the clampdown
They put up a poster saying we earn more than you!
When we're working for the clampdown
We will teach our twisted speech
To the young believers
We will train our blue-eyed men
To be young believers
The judge said five to ten but I say double that again
I'm not working for the clampdown
No man born with a living soul
Can be working for the clampdown
Kick over the wall 'cause government's to fall
How can you refuse it?
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power
Do you know that you can use it?
The voices in your head are calling
Stop wasting your time, there's nothing coming
Only a fool would think someone could save you
The men at the factory are old and cunning
You don't owe nothing, so boy, get running
It's the best years of your life they want to steal
You grow up and you calm down
And you're working for the clampdown
You start wearing the blue and brown
And you're working for the clampdown
So you got someone to boss around
It makes you feel big now
You drift until you brutalize
You made your first kill now
In these days of evil presidentes
Working for the clampdown
But lately one or two has fully paid their due
For working for the clampdown
Ha, get along, get along
Working for the clampdown
Ha, get along, get along
Working for the clampdown
Yeah, I'm working hard in Harrisburg
Working hard in Petersburg
Working for the clampdown
Working for the clampdown
Begging to be melted down
Work, work, work
And I give away no secrets
Work, more work, more work



Writer(s): JOE STRUMMER, MICK JONES, PAUL SIMONON, TOPPER HEADON


The Clash - Sound System
Album Sound System
date of release
09-09-2013

1 Train in Vain (Live at Shea Stadium)
2 Rock the Casbah (Live at Shea Stadium)
3 Magnificent Seven (Return) (Live at Shea Stadium)
4 Armagideon Time (Live at Shea Stadium)
5 The Magnificent Seven (Live at Shea Stadium)
6 Tommy Gun (Live at Shea Stadium)
7 The Guns of Brixton (Live at Shea Stadium)
8 Police on my Back (Live at Shea Stadium)
9 London Calling (Live at Shea Stadium)
10 Kosmo Vinyl Introduction (Live at Shea Stadium)
11 The Cool Out
12 Time is Tight
13 Capital Radio
14 1-2 Crush on You
15 The Beautiful People are Ugly Too (Outtake)
16 White Riot (Polydor Demos)
17 White Riot (Beaconsfield Film School Session)
18 Rockers Galore… UK Tour
19 London’s Burning (live)
20 Sean Flynn (Extended 'Marcus Music' Version)
21 Career Opportunities (Polydor Demos)
22 Radio One
23 Idle in Kangaroo Court
24 (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais
25 1977 (Polydor Demos)
26 I'm So Bored with the U.S.A. (Beaconsfield Film School Session)
27 (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais - Live
28 Bankrobber
29 Capital Radio
30 Career Opportunities (Live at Shea Stadium)
31 Spanish Bombs (Live at Shea Stadium)
32 Clampdown (Live at Shea Stadium)
33 English Civil War (Live at Shea Stadium)
34 Should I Stay or Should I Go (Live at Shea Stadium)
35 I Fought the Law (Live at Shea Stadium)
36 Complete Control - Live
37 What's My Name - Live
38 Clash City Rockers - Live
39 Career Opportunities (Live)
40 Capital Radio - Live
41 City of the Dead - Live
42 I Fought the Law (Live)
43 London Calling (Live)
44 Armagideon Time (Live)
45 Train In Vain (Live)
46 The Guns of Brixton (Live)
47 The Magnificent Seven (Live)
48 Know Your Rights - Live
49 Should I Stay or Should I Go (Live)
50 Straight to Hell - Live
51 Drug-Stabbing Time - Live
52 Janie Jones - Live
53 1977
54 Listen / Interviews
55 Complete Control
56 City of the Dead
57 Jail Guitar Doors
58 The Prisoner
59 Pressure Drop
60 Groovy Times
61 Gates of the West
62 Armagideon Time
63 The Magnificent Dance
64 Midnight to Stevens (Outtake)
65 Stop the World
66 This is Radio Clash (Different Lyrics)
67 First Night Back in London
68 Rock the Casbah - Bob Clearmountain Mix
69 Long Time Jerk
70 Ghetto Defendant (Extended Unedited Version)
71 Cool Confusion
72 Straight to Hell (Extended Unedited Version)
73 London's Burning (Beaconsfield Film School Session)
74 1977 (Beaconsfield Film School Session)
75 Janie Jones (Polydor Demos)
76 London's Burning (Polydor Demos)
77 City of the Dead (Live at the Lyceum)
78 Jail Guitar Doors (Live at the Lyceum)
79 English Civil War (Live at the Lyceum)
80 Stay Free (Live at the Lyceum)
81 Cheapskates (Live at the Lyceum)
82 I Fought the Law (Live at the Lyceum)




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