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I'da Called You Woody, Joe Lyrics
I was crawling around in my head in the haze of a trance
Rico said, "I'ma turn you onto a sound, cool out your head
This is the sound from Camden town"
And then I heard it like a shot through my skull to my brain
I felt my fingertips tingle, and it started to rain
When the walls of my bedroom were trembling around me
This ramshackle voice over attack of a blues beat
Telling me, "He's only looking for fun"
And this was the sound, of the very last gang in town
As heard by my wild young heart
Like directions on a cold, dark night
Saying, "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doing all right"
And I heard it in his chain gang soul
It wasn't just the same sad song
Saying, "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doing all right"
And I'm doing all right
Are you doing all right?
And I carried these songs as a comfort wherever I'd go
They was there when my summers was high
There when she left me alone
Saying, "The soul is hard to find"
And I never got to tell him, so I just wrote it down
I wrapped a couple chords around it and I let it come out
When the walls of my bedroom were trembling around me
This ramshackle voice over attack of a blues beat
And a girl, on the excitement gang
And this was the sound, of the very last gang in town
As heard by my wild young heart
Like directions on a cold, dark night
Saying, "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doing all right"
And I heard it in his chain gang soul
It wasn't just the same sad song
Saying, "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doing all right"
And are you doing all right?
Are you doing all right?
As heard by my wild young heart
Like directions on a cold, dark night
Saying, "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doing all right"
And I heard it in his chain gang soul
It wasn't just the same sad song
Saying, "Let it out, let it out, let it out, you're doing all right"
And are you doing all right?
And that was the sound
I hear the sound
Do you hear the sound?
I hear the sound
Of the very last gang in town
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Submitted by
voit On Jun 25, 2007
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It's a tribute to Joe Strummer of The Clash...."The Last Gang in Town" is a Clash tune, "excitement gang" is a reference to the Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros song "Coma Girl," and I believe at one point in his life Joe Strummer went by the name Woody.
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What a great song. I agree this song is a tribue to Joe Strummer. On top of the references that astatusquoexile listed, Joe Strummer also did a song called Ramshackle Day Parade (great song too, check it out) with the Mescalleros, which I believe is being referenced in the "ramshackle voice" line. As far as the Woody thing, I was thinking that he was talking about Woody Guthrie, a political American Folk musician, and basically comparing the impact of Joe Strummer on music to the impact of Woody Guthrie, which is quite high praise.
Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. Alright BALLS, first off "Last Gang In Town" IS a Clash song, you will find it on 'Give'em Enough Rope', track #5. So lose your pukeface arrogance before you berate simple posters. For the facts:
astatusquoexile is right, at one point Joe called himself woody. Also the line "he's only looking for fun" is from the clash song '(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais". The chain gang is a reference from Joe's song "Long Shadow". Last Gang in Town is also the title of a clash song.
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also "attack of a bluesbeat," is from (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais as well
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Strummer called himself Woody because he loved Guthrie's work so much.
However, in context of the song's title, my guess is that The Clash inspired him so much that he feels like he might've known Joe Strummer on so much of a personal level that he could refer to him by the nickname Woody. Or not, just throwing that out there really.
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the title of the song simply is saying that Strummer was great enough to be compared to Woody Guthrie.
great song by the way!
joe's nickname when he was in the london squatting scene was "woody" because of his love of woody guthrie, however he ditched the name (and his friends) when the sex pistols and punk came around and hated it when people called him woody cos it was seen as as his old "hippie" self. it wasnt punk. the title refers to that and how even the great joe strummer was rerally preoccupied with his image
who the hell is rico?
great joe strummer tribute song =]