This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
You ain't happy less you got one
Tommy gun
Ain't gonna shoot the place up
Just for fun
Maybe he wants to die for the money
Maybe he wants to kill for his country
Whatever he wants, he's gonna get it!
You better strip it down for a custom run
Tommy gun
Waiting in the airport 'till kingdom come
An' we can watch you make it
On the nine o'clock news
Standing there in Palestine lighting the fuse
Whatever you want, you're gonna get it
You'll be dead when your war is won
Tommy gun
But did you have to gun down everyone?
I can see it's kill or be killed
A nation of destiny has got to be fulfilled
Whatever you want, you're gonna get it!
You can be a hero in an age of none
Tommy gun
I'm cutting out your picture from page one
I'm gonna get a jacket just like yours
An' give my false support to your cause
Whatever you want, you're gonna get it!
Boats an' tanks and planes, it's your game
Kings an' queens an' generals learn your name
I see all the innocents, the human sacrifice
And if death comes so cheap
Then the same goes for life!
Tommy gun
Ain't gonna shoot the place up
Just for fun
Maybe he wants to die for the money
Maybe he wants to kill for his country
Whatever he wants, he's gonna get it!
You better strip it down for a custom run
Tommy gun
Waiting in the airport 'till kingdom come
An' we can watch you make it
On the nine o'clock news
Standing there in Palestine lighting the fuse
Whatever you want, you're gonna get it
You'll be dead when your war is won
Tommy gun
But did you have to gun down everyone?
I can see it's kill or be killed
A nation of destiny has got to be fulfilled
Whatever you want, you're gonna get it!
You can be a hero in an age of none
Tommy gun
I'm cutting out your picture from page one
I'm gonna get a jacket just like yours
An' give my false support to your cause
Whatever you want, you're gonna get it!
Boats an' tanks and planes, it's your game
Kings an' queens an' generals learn your name
I see all the innocents, the human sacrifice
And if death comes so cheap
Then the same goes for life!
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I highly doubt that The Clash were being anti-Palestine in this song, especially considering some of the statements they made in old interviews (in a 1984 interview Joe Strummer said "It’s a dumb move blowing innocent people up — it doesn’t get them anywhere. But I try to understand the feeling behind it. Terrorism only occurs when the people holding power won’t negotiate... Suppose we were Palestinian — what would we do? I’ll tell you what I’d do — exactly what they’re doing. They can’t get anybody to even sit down at the table, so what else are they going to do, piss off?"). Mick Jones has participated in fundraisers for the Hoping Foundation (which supports Palestinian children) and both he and Paul Simonon (as part of the Gorillaz) backed out of performing in Israel after the flotilla attack in 2010.
"Standing there in Palestine, lighting the fuse" -- that could easily be an Israeli soldier or militant attacking the Palestinians (especially since it seems like if Strummer wanted to make this anti-Palestine, he would've said "standing there in Israel" instead). "Did you have to gun everyone down, I can see it's kill or be killed, a nation of destiny has got to be fulfilled" -- that could refer to Israel's reputation of using disproportional force, as well as the Zionist longing for the "promised land" AKA "nation of destiny that must be fulfilled."
The song overall seems like a general condemnation of terrorism in any form, whether related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or not. All I'm saying is that it seems highly unlikely that The Clash would take an anti-Palestine view, considering their politics. That's my two cents.
The drum solo at the end of the song is soo cool!!! This song rules!!!
Doesn't that third verse remind you all of Hitler kind of? The lyrics TOMMY GUN YOU CAN BE A HERO IN AN AGE OF NONE remind me of how Germany was in a widespread depression at the time Hitler rose up and took power, TOMMY GUN I'M CUTTING OUT YOUR PICTURE FROM PAGE ONE I'M GONNA GET A JACKET JUST LIKE YOURS AN' GIVE MY FALSE SUPPORT TO YOUR CAUSE WHATEVER YOU WANT, YOU'RE GONNA GET IT! reminds me of all of the Germans who didn't want to support Hitler but were forced to under his regime, and the jacket part kinda reminds me of the Hitler Youth.
some bloke got busted by british special branch police for texting these lyrics to his mate. they thought he was organising a terror attack. beware, big brother is watching you!!!
joe wrote this song to denounce those who use violence as a means of protest, like the "marxist revolutionary" groups such as the RAF.
Who lit the fuse in "Palestine"? Could be a reference to the British Empire, which, rather than adhering to the League of Nations mandates, restricted Jewish immigration to Mandate Palestine while allowing largely unfettered immigration into the territory by Arabs as it began to prosper under early Jewish efforts. This led to the imbalanced demographics that made war a possibility. The British had no such qualms about preventing Jewish immigration into the Arab territories for which it had the mandate (Transjordan), so there was a precedent for a quid pro quo. Apparently, the British feared a backlash from the Arabs (and the associated problems relative to the Suez Canal and the oil fields) more than from the Jews, so much so that in 1939 it formally blocked Palestine as an escape route for the Jews of Europe.
@aparatchik Wow - Zionists really have no shame in how far they are prepared to lie to secure the theft of Palestine do they? You are actually attempting to argue that most Arabs came to Palestine after the Zionist settlers? This is an outright lie and you know it! <br /> Palestine was 94% Arab in 1900! Palestinians were forced to flee their homes and villages in 1948 after Zionists massacred whole villages of Palestinians in places such as Deir Yassin! You are actually trying to sell the idea that a person from Europe, Russia or America has more right (because of their religion) to what was a majority Arabic land than the Arabic people that were already living there? This is pure Zionist racism and lies to justify the expulsion of the Palestinian people from their land - well the world is finally waking up and you cannot get away with these lies anymore!
@aparatchik This ain't it. Co-opting The Clash to support the horror of Zionism is f**ked up.<br /> <br /> The mercenary "lighting the fuse" in Palestine is a hired gun working for the Zionists. Most likely not caring what 'cause' he is killing for. Killing for the money and perhaps fleeting glory in the complicit press. <br /> <br /> Ariel Sharon "lit the fuse" for the second Intifada at Al-Aqsa mosque. Netanyahu lit the fuse for the current war crimes in Gaza at Al-Aqsa mosque. Both looking to further their political careers and stay out of jail. The entire IDF is made up of amoral killing bastards, this song could be about anyone of them.<br /> <br /> "I see all the innocents, the human sacrifice..." Free Palestine!<br />
The Thompson, also known as the "Tommy Gun" was the trademark gun the Allies used in World War 2. I can only guess that this song is trying to talk about World War II.
The Thompson, also known as the "Tommy Gun" was the trademark gun the Allies used in World War 2. I can only guess that this song is trying to talk about World War II.
or just to be neutral it could be an israeli lighting the fuse in palestine.
My hairs on my neck stand up whenever joe sings if death comes so cheap then some goes for life.