Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - Long Shadow lyrics

rate me

Well I'll tell you one thing that I know

You don't face your demons down

You gotta grappel 'em Jack and pin 'em to the ground

The devil may care and maybe god--he won't

You better make sure you check on the do's and the don'ts

Crawl up the moutain

To reach where the eagels fly

To show you a glimpse from the mountian top

where the soul of the muse might rise

And if you put it all together

You won't have to look around

You know you cast a long shadow on the ground

Then one day I could tell my tracks

About the holes in the soles in ma' shoes

And thats the day I said I'm gonna make the news

And fallin' back in the garden

In the days so long ago

Somewhere in the memory

The sun shines on you boy

And playing in the aroyals

where the american rivers flow

From the Apalacians

Down to the Delta Roads

A man can't think so long

His brain could well explode

The trains runnin' through the junctions

A king comes down the road

And if you put it all together

You won't have to look around

You know you cast a long shadow on the ground

Listen to the country

The night jar and the bell

Listen to the night stream lineup

Soundin' like the wolves of hell!

Head for the water

The waters of the cleansing spell

It was always our destination

On the express of the Ne'er do wells

And we rocked through Madison city

And we didn't even know she was there

And when we hit the bumpers in Memphis

A real street didn't have no prayer

And I hear punks talk of anarchy

I hear hobos on the railroads

I hear mutterings on the Chain Gangs

It was those men who built the roads

And if you put it all together

You didn't even once relent

You cast a long shadow

And that is your testament

Somewhere in my soul...

There's always rock and roll

Yeah!