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fuckyeahgaslightanthem:

mellorstrummer:

“I’da Called You Woody, Joe” - The Gaslight Anthem

I was crawling around in my head in the haze of a trance
‘Til Rico said, “I’ma turn you onto a sound to cool out your head
This is the sound from Camden Town”

And then I heard it like a shock from my skull to my brain
I felt my fingertips tingle and it started to rain
When the walls of my bedroom trembled around me
This ramshackle voice over attack of a bluesbeat
Tellin me he’s only looking for fun
This was the sound of the very Last Gang in Town

As heard by wild, young heart like directions on a cold, dark night
Saying, “Let it out, let it out, let it out. You’re doing alright”
And I heard it in his chain gang soul and it wasn’t just the same old song
Saying, “Let it out, let it out, let it out. You’re doing alright”
Are you doing alright?

And I carried these songs like a comfort wherever I’d go
They was there when my summer’s was high
And there when she left me alone
Saying, “The soul is hard to find”

And I never got to tell him so I just wrote it down
I wrapped a couple chords around it and I let it come out
When the walls of my bedroom trembled around me
This ramshackle voice over attack of a bluesbeat
And a girl on the excitement gang
This was the sound of the very Last Gang in Town

Do you hear the sound?
I hear the sound of the very Last Gang in Town

Happy Birthday, Joe Strummer!