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I Fought the Law (The Crickets cover) Lyrics
Breaking rocks in the hot sun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I needed money because I had none
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I left my baby and it feels so bad
Guess my race is run
She's the best girl that I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the
Robbing people with a six-gun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I lost my girl and I lost my fun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I left my baby and it feels so bad
Guess my race is run
She's the best girl that I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I needed money because I had none
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
Guess my race is run
She's the best girl that I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I lost my girl and I lost my fun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
Guess my race is run
She's the best girl that I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc
Writer
Sonny Curtis
Duration
2:43
Producer
The Clash, Sandy Pearlman
Release date
Nov 09, 1979
Sentiment
Positive
Submitted by
aebassist On Jan 03, 2002
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Okay, so this is what the DK did. They heard the Clash's version of what would happen to a middleclass man, and then they re-did for what would happen to a man w/connections.
I will further explain. The Clash's version is about a guy who works, and obvioulsy doesn't make enough money to support his wife and such. So he goes and robs people for money that he needs. He gets caught, gets sent to jail and that's it, it's over. It's on how the gov don't do anything about low wages, it drives the people to do bad things, and send them to jail.
The DK version. A laid-back guy who has no worries at all because he's got people who got his back. the guy from the song killed George and Harvey and nothing happened is in mockery. Of how if you know the gov and cops and politicians, you can get away with even the biggest scams and law breaks because they're buddies. They'll just look away. So he goes further to say he's the leader of the KKK and the cops say it's okay. Eventhough the KKK is still around, they're watched closely, but a lot of cops are part of the KKK, and the guy in the song is a cop. So the song sees the cop's point of view and how he can do anything and nothing will happen to him.
I love this song. The Clash are a great old punk band and have so many great tunes
Amazing song, pretty self explaintory. I am dissappointed in the lack of The Clash's comments. They are so influentual, but I guess kids today dont care about that.
I love this song. The Clash rocks.
good times...
The song, which of course the Clash didn't write, seems to be about someone regretting their life of crime because (among other reasons) they lost their girlfriend. However, what with the Clash's supposedly suspect past, in their hands it seems more like a wry criticism of the unfairness of the police, with the stuff about armed robbery is played for laughs.
You're anal, Rich M.
This song is about an actual situation with a gay mayor or something like that. Read the comments on the Dead Kennedys version of the song for the story behind the original song.
It amazes me what little comments the clash get ..
the clash is amazing.
i don't get it either, i was excepting 23894723947923478 comments when i came here.