Daily Dose 6/23 The Clash - London Calling
by 
Scott on June 23rd, 2008
“The ice age is coming, the sun’s zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
Cause London is drowning and I, live by the river”
The Clash - London Calling
Sadly the first time I heard this song was when VH1 had the tribute for Joey Strummer (It may have been an MTV thing, not sure)and Bruce Springsteen covered it (The video above). I instantly fell in love with this song and started looking for more Clash. I didn’t turn into some huge Clash fan but I dig the band and a lot of their tunes. While it’s not the most complicated song it says so much in simplicity.
The Clash - London Calling Guitar Tab @ Ultimate-guitar.com
The Clash - London Calling Lyrics
London calling to the faraway towns
Now war is declared - and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard,you boys and girls
London calling, now don’t look to us
Phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain’t got no swing
‘Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing
CHORUS
The ice age is coming, the sun’s zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
Cause London is drowning and I, live by the river
London calling to the imitation zone
Forget it, brother, you can go at it alone
London calling to the zombies of death
Quit holding out - and draw another breath
London calling - and I don’t wanna shout
But while we were talking I saw you nodding out
London calling, see we ain’t got no high
Except for that one with the yellowy eyes
CHORUS x2
The ice age is coming, the sun’s zooming in
Engines stop running, the wheat is growing thin
A nuclear era, but I have no fear
Cause London is drowning and I, I live by the river
Now get this
London calling, yes, I was there, too
An’ you know what they said? Well, some of it was true!
London calling at the top of the dial
And after all this, won’t you give me a smile?
London Calling
I never felt so much alike, like-a, like-a…
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, london calling, the clash
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