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Artist: Cowboy Mouth
Canonical path: /cowboy-mouth/joe-strummer
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Joe Strummer
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Joe Strummer
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Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
She had all the tattoos and the piercings
Hates everything says everybody's wrong
She dressed like she slept with Guns n´ Roses
But I busted her singing all the boy-band songs
She had to go simply because
And I let her go like she never was
Cause I didn't know
And I don't care what she does
She had to go
'Cause she didn't know who
Joe Strummer was.
Hey!
At night when we stood in line for hours
waiting to see my favorite punk rock band
I bled with the passion and the power
But she's only there for all the fashion trends
With her clueless friends
She had to go (she had to go),
Simply because (simply because),
And I let her go (I let her go)
Like she never was (like she never was)
'Cause I didn't know (I didn't know)
And I don't care what she does (simply because),
She had to go
'Cause she didn't know who
Joe Strummer was (Joe Strummer was)
Joe Strummer was (Joe Strummer was)
She started talkin' 'bout me and my wife (my wife)
But why would I wanna be with someone who doesn't know
the Clash saved my life
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Go!
It's not that she didn't rock my casbah (my casbah)
it's not that I couldn't burn her London down,
it's just that she kept on disappearing (disappearing)
whenever the Sandinistas came to town
and burned it down
She had to go (She had to go) simply because (simply because),
I let her go (I let her go) like she never was (like she never was),
'cause i didn´t know (I didn't know)
and i don't care what she does (simply because),
she had to go 'cause she didn't know who
Joe Strummer was, (Joe Strummer was)
Joe Strummer was, (Joe Strummer was)
Joe Strummer was, (Joe Strummer was)
Joe Strummer was, (Joe Strummer was)
She had to go (she don't know Joe)
She had to go (she don't know Joe)
She had to go (she don't know Joe)
She had to go (she don't know Joe)
Go!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
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