The Clash Didnt Smash The Town Hall

Pulling 10 til 8's at Renny's It was driving Me beserk And I'd stopped for twenty Bennies On My way back home from work When shuffle sent a song My way I hadn't heard in years 'Complete Control' came pounding out - | And I fought back the tears It must have been November 'Cos Me Dad was still at home When The Clash hit 'Boro Town Hall With that riot, all their Own We'd spiked Our hair with soap And We'd sewn zips into Our jeans Looking back We hadn't much of nothing- But Our dreams There was Me and Jack and Johnny And a stolen bottle of gin We didn't have a penny But the band, They let Us in Took Me 30 years to see it | On a Number 19 bus! The Clash didn't smash the Town Hall No, the Clash didn't smash the Town Hall No, the Clash didn't smash the Town Hall | .. That was Us .. | | | .. There was Mick and Paul and Topper And in the centre of the stage There was Strummer barking orders In that mystic kinda rage This was Our Rebel Army And They'd come to take Our Town We let out all Our anger And We tore the damn place down There was Me and Jack and Johnny And a stolen bottle of gin We didn't have a penny But the band, They got Us in Took Me 30 years to see it | On a Number 19 bus! The Clash didn't smash the Town Hall | That was Us | | | | | | | .. The band are dead and gone now And I thought I was too But Strummer woke up something | When He shouted: "That means You!" And I jacked my job at Renny's What I'll do now, I don't know But I owed it to the young man I was All them years ago And the moral of this story Is you've one life, don't you blow it And anyone can change the world It's just most of us don't know it You either live life, like you mean it Or you rack up more regrets And I'm 53 next Friday But I aren't finished yet Took me 30 years to see it | On a Number 19 bus! The Clash didn't smash the Town Hall No, the Clash didn't smash the Town Hall No, the Clash didn't smash the Town Hall | .. That was Us