(Strummer/Rhodes)
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I hear a gang fire on a human factory farm
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Are they howling out or doing somebody harm
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On a catwalk jungle somebody grabbed my arm
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A voice spoke so cold it matched the weapon in her palm
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This is England
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This knife of Sheffield steel
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This is England
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This is how we feel
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Time on his hands freezing in those clothes
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He won't go for the carrot
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They beat him by the pole
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Some sunny day confronted by his soul
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He's out at sea, too far off, he can't go home
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This is England
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What we're supposed to die for
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This is England
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And we're never gonna cry no more
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Black shadow of the Vincent
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Falls on a Triumph line
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I got my motorcycle jacket
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But I'm walking all the time
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South Atlantic wind blows
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Ice from a dying creed
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I see no glory
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When will we be free
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This is England
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We can chain you to the rail
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This is England
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We can kill you in a jail
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The British boots go kick them
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Got 'em in the head
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Police ain't watchin'
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The newspapers been read
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Who cares to protest
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A (???) in the eye like a flare
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Out came the batons and
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The British warned themselves
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This is England
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The land of (il)legal dances
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This is England
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Land of a thousand stances
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This is England
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This knife of Sheffield steel
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This is England
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This is how we feel
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This is England
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This is England
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This Is England
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The Clash |