This Is England
The Clash"This Is England" is a song by The Clash, released in 1985 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:28 long and contains 46 lines and 243 words.
Lyrics
0:19I hear a gang fire on a human factory farm
0:24Are they howling out or doing somebody harm
0:30On a catwalk jungle somebody grabbed my arm
0:36A voice spoke so cold it matched the weapon in her palm
0:43This is England
0:45This knife of sheffield steel
0:48This is England
0:51This is how we feel
1:06Time on his hands freezing in those clothes
1:11He won't go for the carrot
1:14They beat him by the pole
1:17Some sunny day confronted by his soul
1:23He's out at sea too far off he can't go home
1:30This is England
1:32What we're supposed to die for
1:35This is England
1:38And we're never gonna cry no more
1:41Black shadow of the vincent
1:43Falls on a triumph line
1:47I got my motorcycle jacket
1:49But I'm walking all the time
1:53South Atlantic wind blows
1:55Ice from a dying creed
1:58I see no glory
2:01When will we be free
2:05This is England
2:07We can chain you to the rail
2:11This is England
2:13We can kill you in a jail
2:35Those british boots go kick bengali in the head
2:40Police sit watchin'
2:42The newspapers been read
2:46Who cares to protest
2:48After the air attack by flare
2:51Out came the batons and
2:54The british warned themselves
2:58This is England
3:00The land of illegal dances
3:04This is England
3:06Land of a thousand stances
3:10This is England
3:12This knife of sheffield steel
3:15This is England
3:18This is how we feel
3:21This is England
3:28This is England
I hear a gang fire on a human factory farm Are they howling out or doing somebody harm On a catwalk jungle somebody grabbed my arm A voice spoke so cold it matched the weapon in her palm This is England This knife of sheffield steel This is England This is how we feel Time on his hands freezing in those clothes He won't go for the carrot They beat him by the pole Some sunny day confronted by his soul He's out at sea too far off he can't go home This is England What we're supposed to die for This is England And we're never gonna cry no more Black shadow of the vincent Falls on a triumph line I got my motorcycle jacket But I'm walking all the time South Atlantic wind blows Ice from a dying creed I see no glory When will we be free This is England We can chain you to the rail This is England We can kill you in a jail Those british boots go kick bengali in the head Police sit watchin' The newspapers been read Who cares to protest After the air attack by flare Out came the batons and The british warned themselves This is England The land of illegal dances This is England Land of a thousand stances This is England This knife of sheffield steel This is England This is how we feel This is England This is England
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