The lyric is not: “All the crowd comes in, day by day”,
It’s actually:
“All the CRIMES COMITTED,
day by day
No one stops it
In any way
All the peacemakers
Turn war officer
Hear what I say-ay...”
If you listen/see the lyrics from the Junior Murvin original, it’s plain as day, then listen to Strummer singing it, it will make sense. Strummer kinda trails off before the end of the word ‘committed’, so it seems as if he’s saying “all the CRIME COMMIT”, which DOES SOUND LIKE “All the crowd come in”...
The lyric is not: “All the crowd comes in, day by day”,
It’s actually:
“All the CRIMES COMITTED, day by day No one stops it In any way All the peacemakers Turn war officer Hear what I say-ay...”
If you listen/see the lyrics from the Junior Murvin original, it’s plain as day, then listen to Strummer singing it, it will make sense. Strummer kinda trails off before the end of the word ‘committed’, so it seems as if he’s saying “all the CRIME COMMIT”, which DOES SOUND LIKE “All the crowd come in”...