CLASH - Ghetto Defendant lyrics

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Clash lyrics<br><br>/ allen ginsberg lyrics<br><br>/ do the worm on the accropolis<br>/ slamdance the cosmopolis<br>/ enlighten the populace<br><br>Hungry darkness of living<br>Who will thirst in the pit? <br>/ hooked in metropolis<br>She spent a lifetime deciding<br>How to run from it<br>/ addicts of metropolis<br>Once fate had a witness<br>And the years seemed like friends<br>/ girlfriends<br>Her babies can dream<br>But dreams begin like the end<br>/ shot into eternity<br>/ methadone kitty<br>/ iron serenity<br><br>Ghetto defendant<br>It is heroin pity<br>Not tear gas nor baton charge<br>That stops you taking the city<br><br>/ strung out committee<br>Walled out of the city<br>Clubbed down from uptown<br>Sprayed pest from the nest<br>Run out to barrio town<br>/the guards are itchy<br>Forced to watch at the feast<br>Then sweep up the night<br>Flipped pieces of coin<br>/ broken bottles<br>Exchanged for birthright<br>/ grafted in a jiffy<br><br>/ strung out committee<br>/ sitting pretty<br>/ graphed in a jiffy<br>/ no pity, pretty<br><br>The ghetto prince of gutter poets<br>Was bounced out of the room<br>/ jean arthur rimbaud<br>By the bodyguards of greed<br>For disturbing the tomb<br>/ 1873<br>His words like flamethrowers<br>/ paris commune<br>Burnt the ghettos in their chests<br>His face was painted whiter<br>And he was laid to rest<br>/ died in marseille<br>/ buried in charleville<br>/ shut up<br><br>Soap floods oil in water<br>All churn in the wake<br>On the great ship of progress<br>The crew can't find the brake<br>Klaxons are blaring<br>The admiral snores command<br>Submarines boil in oceans<br>While the armies fight with suns