Black Market Clash
Compilation - 1980 - Debaser id 40589

The prisoner meets the muppet hi-fi
North of watford junction
We get in but we don't have fun
An' we leave before the truncheons
So it's back to watch the day to day
Saga of working people
Hanging out the washing and clipping coupons
And generally being decent

Johnny too bad meets johnny be good
In the charing cross road
That's the only thing that happened today
Says the west end jungle code
And all the germans and all the french
Jam themselves down the tube
And re-enact the second world war
While the rude boys get rude!

And i look to my left
And i look to my right
And i'm looking for a man
I'm looking for a sign
I don't wanna be the prisoner

The prisoner lives in camden town
Selling revolution
The prisoner loads his tracking arm up
With self-disillusion
Your mother does the washing up
Your old man digs the garden
You're only free to dodge the cops
An' bunk the train to stardom

It is you, oh yeah
It is you, oh yeah

I said a pressure drop,
Oh pressure, oh yeah
Pressure's gonna drop on you
I said pressure drop
Oh pressure, oh yeah
Pressure's gonna drop on you

I said when it drops
Oh you gonna feel it
Oh that you were doin' it wrong, wrong, wrong
Now when it drops
Oh you gonna feel it
That you were doin' it wrong and how

I said when it drops
You gonna feel it
That you've been doin' it wrong
Now when it drops, drop
You gonna feel it
That you've been doin' wrong

Now when it drops, drop
Feel it
You make the wrong move
Now when it drops, drop
You gonna feel it
That you've been it doin' wrong

I said, pressure drop
Oh pressure, oh yeah
Pressure's gonna drop on you
Pressure drop
Oh pressure, oh yeah
Pressure's gonna drop on you

Now when it drops on your dirty little head
Where you gonna go?
It's you, you, you
When it drop on, oh you're gonna feel it
What you're doing is wrong, wrong, wrong
Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure...
I said a pressure drop

I get violent when I'm fucked up
I get silent when I'm drugged up
Want excitement
[I] Don't get none
I go wild

I don't know
What can be done about
If you play the game
And you get nothing out of it
Find out for yourself
Screw being goody-goody

You better
Cheat cheat
No reason to play fair
Cheat cheat
Or don't get anywhere
Cheat cheat
If you can't win

Nobody knows
What they are doing
Beyond your control
Finding life's a ruin
If you want to survive
You better learn how to lie

You better
Cheat cheat
No reason to play fair
Cheat cheat
Or don't get anywhere
Cheat cheat
If you can't win

Don't use the rules
There not for you
There for the fools
And you're a fool
If you don't know that
Use the rules you stupid fools

(W. Williams/J. Mitoo)

I stayed around don’t played around
This old town too long
Seems like I got to… travel on!

A lotta people won’t get no supper tonight
A lotta people won’t get no justice tonight
The battle is getting harder
In this iration, Armagieon time

A lotta people running and hiding tonight-ah!
A lotta people won’t get no justice tonight
Remember to kick it over
No one will guide you – Armagideon time

Oooh-oooh-ooh-ooh
Ooooh-oh-oh

Oh

This ol’ town!

Ivan and Fu-Manchu
They both are coming through, yeah
Yay

A lotta people &%*%*&*%*$&%*
A lotta people &^&^^&^*%&£^£*
Oh remember to kick to it over
No one will guide you, through Armagideon time
It’s Armagideon

It’s not Christmas time anymore it’s Armagideon

A lotta people

- All right, time’s up, let’s have you out of here –

Okay, okay, don’t push us when were hot!

A lotta people wont’ get not a-justice tonight
A lotta people sitting down, by the light – ah!
A lotta people a-wont get no a-supper tonight
A lotta people a-wont get no a-justice tonight
Remember, a-kick it over
No one will guide you through armagideon time
Armagideon

*Intentional gibberish features in some Clash ad-libs, including Complete Control and The Right Profile, this is a case of it*

Stay around don't play around
This old town and all
Seems like i got to travel on

A lot of people won't get no supper tonight
Justice tonight

Runnin and a hiding tonight
Justice tonight

Remember to kick it over
No one will guide you through armegideon time
It's armagideon
It's not christmas time

A lot of people
A lot of people use a calculator
A lot of people won't get no supper tonight
A lot of people sittin' down by the light

The battle is gettin hotter
Armagideon time
Armagideon

Remember to kick it over
Armagideon time

A lot of people ain't got no supper tonight
A lot of people got to stand out back