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The Clash
Super Black Market Clash
Robber Dub

TRACK

Robber Dub

Release date: 8th August 1980

From Super Black Market Clash

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About This Track

"Robber Dub" is a track by The Clash, from the album Super Black Market Clash, released 8th August 1980. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

The Clash

The Clash

Lyrics

Robber Dub

My daddy was a bank robber

But he never hurt nobody

He just loved to live that way

And he loved...

...never loved a shovel

Break

The old man spoke up in a bar

Said "I never been in prison

A...

Someday you'll meet your rockin' chair

'Cause that's where we're spinnin'

There's...

My daddy was a bank robber

But he never hurt nobody

He...

Get away, get away, get away, get away, get away, get away...

...money

He loved to steal your mon...

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Track details

From Super Black Market Clash

1980

Listen

Album

Super Black Market Clash

Release year

1980

—Long Time Jerk
—Cool Confusion
—Radio Clash
—Robber Dub
—Justice Tonight/Kick It Over
—Gates of the West
—1977
—1-2 Crush on You
—Capital Radio (One/Two)
—City of the Dead
—Groovy Times
—Listen
—Pressure Drop
—Stop the World
—The Prisoner
—Time Is Tight
—The Cool Out
—First Night Back in London
—The Magnificent Dance

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