The demo/earlier version to the song “This Is England” off The Clash’s 1985 album, Cut The Crap. Instead of the more modern production with synthesizers and drum machines, this version is just guitars, bass, and drums played by Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon, and Terry Chimes (the original Clash drummer...
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[Verse 1]
I hear a gang cry on a human factory farm
Are they howling out? Or doing somebody harm?
In a catwalk jungle no one to give alarm
Catwalk jungle somebody grab my arm
[Chorus]
"Where is England?" said the Czechoslovak
"Where is England? Will they send me back?"
[Verse 2]
Here British boots go kick Bengali in the head
[????] sits watching the newspaper's been read
All deaf to protests while the attackers fled
Out came one [????] and the biggest one then said
[Chorus]
"Where is England?" said the Czechoslovak
"Where is England? Will they send me back?"
[Verse 3]
I saw the spirit of a longtime fine machine
Back from the dead there’s a ghost in my slipstream
Bonneville 500 roared but never screamed
She slips on by a star in my windscreen
[Chorus]
"Where is England?" said the Czechoslovak
"Where is England? Will they send me back?"
[Verse 4]
Time on his hands never learnt control
Won't go for carrots been beaten by a pole
Some sunny day confronted by his soul
His eyes will see how fast you can grow old
[Chorus]
"Where is England?" said the Czechoslovak
"Where is England? Will they send me back?"
Czechoslovak Song / Where is England was written by Joe Strummer.
Joe Strummer released Czechoslovak Song / Where is England on Mon Sep 24 2018.