CLASH LYRICS



ALLEN GINSBERG LYRICS



DO THE WORM ON THE ACCROPOLIS

SLAMDANCE THE COSMOPOLIS

ENLIGHTEN THE POPULACE



HUNGRY DARKNESS OF LIVING

WHO WILL THIRST IN THE PIT?

HOOKED IN METROPOLIS

SHE SPENT A LIFETIME DECIDING

HOW TO RUN FROM IT

ADDICTS OF METROPOLIS

ONCE FATE HAD A WITNESS

AND THE YEARS SEEMED LIKE FRIENDS

GIRLFRIENDS

HER BABIES CAN DREAM

BUT DREAMS BEGIN LIKE THE END

SHOT INTO ETERNITY

METHADONE KITTY

IRON SERENITY



GHETTO DEFENDANT

IT IS HEROIN PITY

NOT TEAR GAS NOR BATON CHARGE

THAT STOPS YOU TAKING THE CITY



STRUNG OUT COMMITTEE

WALLED OUT OF THE CITY

CLUBBED DOWN FROM UPTOWN

SPRAYED PEST FROM THE NEST

RUN OUT TO BARRIO TOWN

THE GUARDS ARE ITCHY

FORCED TO WATCH AT THE FEAST

THEN SWEEP UP THE NIGHT

FLIPPED PIECES OF COIN

BROKEN BOTTLES

EXCHANGED FOR BIRTHRIGHT

GRAFTED IN A JIFFY



STRUNG OUT COMMITTEE

SITTING PRETTY

GRAPHED IN A JIFFY

NO PITY, PRETTY



THE GHETTO PRINCE OF GUTTER POETS

WAS BOUNCED OUT OF THE ROOM

JEAN ARTHUR RIMBAUD

BY THE BODYGUARDS OF GREED

FOR DISTURBING THE TOMB

1873

HIS WORDS LIKE FLAMETHROWERS

PARIS COMMUNE

BURNT THE GHETTOS IN THEIR CHESTS

HIS FACE WAS PAINTED WHITER

AND HE WAS LAID TO REST

DIED IN MARSEILLE

BURIED IN CHARLEVILLE

SHUT UP



SOAP FLOODS OIL IN WATER

ALL CHURN IN THE WAKE

ON THE GREAT SHIP OF PROGRESS

THE CREW CAN'T FIND THE BRAKE

KLAXONS ARE BLARING

THE ADMIRAL SNORES COMMAND

SUBMARINES BOIL IN OCEANS

WHILE THE ARMIES FIGHT WITH SUNS