North and south
by The Clash
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And so we say
We ain´t got life
Don´t want a cardboard cut-out
Don´t want a plastic knife
Now I know, time can march
With it´s chargin´ feet
Now I know, words are only cheap
It´s gonna be a burn out
All around this town
The South is up
But the North is down
There´s gonna be a killin´
Of a woman and a man
Trying to feed that child
Without a coin in their hand
And so we say
Have you no use
For eight million hands
And the power of youth
Now I know, time can march
With it´s chargin´ feet
Now I know, words are only cheap
It´s gonna be a burn out
All around this town
The South is up
But the North is down
There´s gonna be a killin´
Of a woman and a man
Trying to feed that child
Without a coin in their hand
It´s gonna be a burn out!
And so we say
We ain´t diggin´ no graves
We´re diggin´ a foundation
For a future to be made
Now I know, time can march
With it´s chargin´ feet
Now I know, words are only cheap
It´s gonna be a burn out
All around this town
The South is up
But the North is down
There´s gonna be a killin´
Of a woman and a man
Trying to feed that child
Without a coin in their hand
It´s gonna be a burn out!
We ain´t got life
Don´t want a cardboard cut-out
Don´t want a plastic knife
Now I know, time can march
With it´s chargin´ feet
Now I know, words are only cheap
It´s gonna be a burn out
All around this town
The South is up
But the North is down
There´s gonna be a killin´
Of a woman and a man
Trying to feed that child
Without a coin in their hand
And so we say
Have you no use
For eight million hands
And the power of youth
Now I know, time can march
With it´s chargin´ feet
Now I know, words are only cheap
It´s gonna be a burn out
All around this town
The South is up
But the North is down
There´s gonna be a killin´
Of a woman and a man
Trying to feed that child
Without a coin in their hand
It´s gonna be a burn out!
And so we say
We ain´t diggin´ no graves
We´re diggin´ a foundation
For a future to be made
Now I know, time can march
With it´s chargin´ feet
Now I know, words are only cheap
It´s gonna be a burn out
All around this town
The South is up
But the North is down
There´s gonna be a killin´
Of a woman and a man
Trying to feed that child
Without a coin in their hand
It´s gonna be a burn out!