Well I'll tell you one thing that I know
You don't face your demons down
You gotta grapple 'em Jack and pin 'em to the ground
The devil may care, maybe god he won't
You better make sure you check on the do's and the don'ts
Crawl up a mountain
To reach where the eagles fly
To show you can glimpse from the mountian top
Where the soul of the muse might ride
And if you put it all together
You won't have to look around
You know you cast a long shadow on the ground
Then one day I could tell my tracks
About the holes in the soles of my shoes
And that's the day I said I'm gonna make the news
And fallen back in the garden
The days so long ago
Somewhere in the memory
The sun shines on you boy
And playing in the Arroyo's
Where the American rivers flow
From the Appalachians
Down to the Delta Roads
A man can think so long
His brain could well explode
The strings runnin' through the junctions
A king comes down the road
And if you put it all together
You won't have to look around
You know you cast a long shadow on the ground
Listen to the country
The night jar and the bell
Listen to the night stream lineup
Soundin' like the wolves of hell
Head for the water
The waters of the cleansing spell
It was always our destination
On the express of the never do wells
And we rocked through Madison's city
And we didn't even know she was there
And when we hit the bumpers in Memphis
Beale street didn't have no prayer
And I hear punks talk of anarchy
I hear hobo's on the railroads
I hear mutterings on the chain gangs
It was those men who built the roads
And if you put it all together
You didn't even once relent
You cast a long shadow
And that is your testament
Somewhere in my soul
There's always rock and roll
Yeah!
The lyrics LONG SHADOW of JOE STRUMMER is also present in the album Assembly (2021)
Joe Strummer, pseudonimo di John Graham Mellor (1952-2002), è stato un cantautore, chitarrista e attivista britannico. Noto per essere il frontman dei The Clash, una delle band punk più influenti della storia musicale. Nato a Ankara, in Turchia, da genitori inglesi, Strummer trascorse la sua infanzia tra Londra e l'Europa continentale. Influenzato dal rock 'n' roll americano e dalla musica folk britannica, iniziò a suonare la chitarra all'età di 15 anni. Nel 1976 fondò i The Clash con Mick Jones, Paul Simonon e Topper Headon. La band divenne rapidamente un simbolo del movimento punk, mescolando energia punk, reggae, ska e rockabilly in un sound unico e rivoluzionario. I loro album, come *London Calling* (1979) e *Sandinista!* (1980), sono considerati pietre miliari della musica punk e hanno influenzato generazioni di musicisti. Dopo lo scioglimento dei The Clash nel 1986, Strummer continuò a perseguire una carriera musicale di successo come solista, collaborando con artisti come Bruce Springsteen e Johnny Cash. Morì improvvisamente nel 2002 all'età di 50 anni. Tra i brani più rappresentativi di Joe Strummer ci sono: *London Calling*, *Should I Stay or Should I Go*, *Rock the Casbah*.
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