The Guns of Brixton (Live at Shea Stadium)

[Joe Strummer]

"[...]Mister Paul Simonon is now gonna bring you with walking in The Guns of Brixton."

[Mick Jones]

"Yeah, ask your neighbor what that's about."

[Verse 1]

When they kick at your front door

How you gonna go?

With your hands on your head

Or on the trigger of the gun

[Pre-Chorus]

When the law brace in

How you gonna go?

Shot down on the pavement

Or waiting in death row

[Chorus]

You can crush us

You can bruise us

But you'll have to answer to

Oh, the guns of Brixton!

[Post-Chorus]

Money feels good

And your life you like it well

But surely your time will come

As in heaven, as in hell

[Chorus]

You can crush us

You can bruise us

But you'll have to answer to

Oh, the guns of Brixton!

You can crush us

You can bruise us

But you'll have to answer to

Oh, the guns of Brixton!

[Verse 2]

You see, he feels like Ivan

Born under the Brixton sun

His game is called survivin'

At the end of The Harder They Come

[Chorus]

You can crush us

You can bruise us

But you'll have to answer to

Oh, the guns of Brixton!

[Pre-Chorus]

You know it means no mercy

They caught him with a gun

No need for the Black Maria

Goodbye to the Brixton sun

[Chorus]

You can crush us

You can bruise us

But you'll have to answer to

Oh, the guns of Brixton

You can crush us

You can bruise us

And even shoot us

But oh, the guns of Brixton!

[Instrumental Outro]

[Joe Strummer]

"Yeah if you don't know what's a... If you don't know what's going on just ask the person standing next to you as we go into, Tommy Gun."