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London's Burning Lyrics
London's burning! London's burning!
All across the town, all across the night
Everybody's driving with full headlights
Black or white turn it on, face the new religion
Everybody's sitting around watching television!
London's burning with boredom now
London's burning, dial 99999
I'm up and down the Westway, in and out the lights
What a great traffic system - it's so bright
I can't think of a better way to spend the night
Then speeding around underneath the yellow lights
London's burning with boredom now
London's burning, dial 99999
Now I'm in the subway and I'm looking for the flat
This one leads to this block, this one leads to that
The wind howls through the empty blocks looking for a home
I run through the empty stone because I'm all alone
London's burning with boredom now
London's burning, dial 99999
Everybody's driving with full headlights
Black or white turn it on, face the new religion
Everybody's sitting around watching television!
London's burning, dial 99999
What a great traffic system - it's so bright
I can't think of a better way to spend the night
Then speeding around underneath the yellow lights
London's burning, dial 99999
This one leads to this block, this one leads to that
The wind howls through the empty blocks looking for a home
I run through the empty stone because I'm all alone
London's burning, dial 99999
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If anything, London Calling is a darker version of this. This is generally about unemployment, racial/social tensions etcetc and the basic alienation of youth around this time. London Calling is about the Cold War and the apocalpse
hey fuckyouall, that was very descriptive - I'll be sure and jot down that you love the Clash...go post that shit on your fucking website.
London's burning was a populor british tv show in the early mid nineties so I doubt they were referencing it in this song.
I'll bet the name of the show came from this song!
I'll bet the name of the show came from this song!
I LOVE THIS SONG
jeeze calm down. This song is great so sarcastic "What a great traffic system - it's so bright I can't think of a better way to spend the night Then speeding around underneath the yellow lights" The meaning is obvious still, a great song challenging the status Quo.
999 is the British version of 911. I think the correct lyric is: London's burning with boredom now London's burning, dial ni-ni-999
London's "burning" means the city is all lit up by traffic (headlights and streetlights) and televisions. People are driving around or watching television but there is no real purpose in their lives ("I can't think of a better way to spend the night"). This is viewed as a cultural emergengy (dial ni-ni-999).
makes me wanna dance my litle heart out. WOO YEAH for the clash. uh huh.
its about being bored in london duh
Catchy. Fun. Great lyrics. God, I love the Clash.
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london is burnin, don't tell the queen.
for those of you who haven't checked out joe strummer's mescaleros stuff, please, please do. this song is referenced in burnin' streets.