Ghetto Defendant
The Clash"Ghetto Defendant" is a song by The Clash, released in 1982 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:35 long and contains 83 lines and 332 words.
Lyrics
0:08Starved in metropolis
0:16Hooked on necropolis
0:23Addict of metropolis
0:29Do the worm on Acropolis
0:32Slamdance cosmopolis
0:35Enlighten the populace
0:57Hungry darkness of living
1:00Who will thirst in the pit
1:03Hooked in necropolis
1:04She spent a lifetime deciding
1:07How to run from it
1:10(Addicts of metropolis)
1:11Once fate had a witness
1:15And the years seemed like friends
1:17Girlfriends
1:18Now her child has a dream
1:22But it begins like it ends
1:25Shot in eternity
1:31Methadone kitty
1:37Iron serenity
1:40Ghetto defendant
1:43It is h****n pity
1:46Not tear gas nor baton charge
1:50That stops you taking the city
1:52Strung out committee
1:54Walled out of the city
1:57Clubbed down from uptown
2:00Sprayed pest from the nest
2:04Run out to barrio town
2:06The guards are itchy
2:07Forced to watch at the feast
2:11Then sweep up the night
2:15Flipped pieces of coin
2:17Broken bottles
2:18Exchanged for birthright
2:20Grafted in a jiffy
2:22Ghetto defendant
2:25It is h****n pity
2:27Strung out committee
2:29Not tear gas nor baton charge
2:32That stops you taking the city
2:34Not sitting pretty
2:36Grafted in a jiffyh****n pity
2:43Not tear gas nor baton charge
2:46That stops you taking the city
2:50The ghetto prince of gutter poets
2:53Was bounced out of the room
2:56Jean arthur rimbaud
2:57By the bodyguards of greed
3:00For disturbing the tomb
3:031873
3:04His words like flamethrowers
3:06Paris commune
3:07Burnt the ghettos in their chests
3:11His face painted whiter
3:14Then he was laid to rest
3:17(Died in marseille)
3:18Ghetto defendant
3:20Buried in charleville
3:21It is h****n pity
3:25Not tear gas nor baton charge
3:28That stops you taking the city
3:31Shut up in eternity
3:35It is h****n pity
3:39Not tear gas nor baton charge
3:42That stops you taking the city
3:46Guatemala
3:47Honduras
3:47Poland
3:48100 years war
3:53TV re-run invasion
3:56Death squad Salvador
4:00Afghanistan Meditation
4:03Old Chinese flu
4:07Kick junk what else
4:10Can a poor worker do
4:15Ghetto defendant
4:18It is h****n pity
4:21Not tear gas nor baton charge
4:25That stops you taking the city
4:28Ghetto defendant
4:32It is h****n pity
4:35Not tear gas nor baton charge
Starved in metropolis Hooked on necropolis Addict of metropolis Do the worm on Acropolis Slamdance cosmopolis Enlighten the populace Hungry darkness of living Who will thirst in the pit Hooked in necropolis She spent a lifetime deciding How to run from it (Addicts of metropolis) Once fate had a witness And the years seemed like friends Girlfriends Now her child has a dream But it begins like it ends Shot in eternity Methadone kitty Iron serenity Ghetto defendant It is h****n pity Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city Strung out committee Walled out of the city Clubbed down from uptown Sprayed pest from the nest Run out to barrio town The guards are itchy Forced to watch at the feast Then sweep up the night Flipped pieces of coin Broken bottles Exchanged for birthright Grafted in a jiffy Ghetto defendant It is h****n pity Strung out committee Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city Not sitting pretty Grafted in a jiffyh****n pity Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city The ghetto prince of gutter poets Was bounced out of the room Jean arthur rimbaud By the bodyguards of greed For disturbing the tomb 1873 His words like flamethrowers Paris commune Burnt the ghettos in their chests His face painted whiter Then he was laid to rest (Died in marseille) Ghetto defendant Buried in charleville It is h****n pity Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city Shut up in eternity It is h****n pity Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city Guatemala Honduras Poland 100 years war TV re-run invasion Death squad Salvador Afghanistan Meditation Old Chinese flu Kick junk what else Can a poor worker do Ghetto defendant It is h****n pity Not tear gas nor baton charge That stops you taking the city Ghetto defendant It is h****n pity Not tear gas nor baton charge
Translation
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