I read somewhere this song was written about (or at least inspired by) the time when Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer got arrested for shooting pigeons on a roof. The first bit (spoken: "I swear by Almighty God...") probably resembles their trial... the rest I believe is criticising the system that got them in that situation.
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I read somewhere this song was written about (or at least inspired by) the time when Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer got arrested for shooting pigeons on a roof. The first bit (spoken: "I swear by Almighty God...") probably resembles their trial... the rest I believe is criticising the system that got them in that situation.
Put your opinions down, they're probably more coherent than mine!