The Jam

Lyrics Strange town The Jam

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Strange town


Found myself in a strange town
Though Ive only been here for three weeks now
Ive got blisters on my feet
Trying find a friend in oxford street
I bought an a to z guide book
Trying to find the clubs and ymcas
But when you ask in a strange town
They say dont know, dont care
And Ive got to go, mate

They worry themselves about feeling low
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
They all ignore me cause they dont know
Im really a spaceman from those ufos

Youve got to move in a straight line
Youve got to walk and talk in four four time
You cant be weird in a strange town
Youll be betrayed by your accent and manners

Youve got to wear the right clothes
Be careful not to pick or scratch your nose
You cant be nice in a strange town
cause we dont know, dont care
And we got to go, man

Rush my money to the record shops
I stop off in a back street
Buy myself a snort
We got our own manifesto
Be kind to queers
And Im so glad the revolutions here
Its nice and warm now!

Ive finished with clubs where the musics loud
cause I dont see a face in a single crowd
Theres no one there
I look in the mirror
But I cant be seen
Just a thin, clean layer of mister sheen
Looking back at me
Oh, oh

Found myself in a strange town
Though Ive only been here for three weeks now
Ive got blisters on my feet
Trying find a friend in oxford street

I bought an a to z guide book
Trying to find the clubs and ymcas
They say dont know, dont care
And Ive got to go, mate

They worry themselves about feeling low
They worry themselves about the dreadful snow
They all ignore me cause they dont know
Im really a spaceman from those ufos

Strange town

Break it up
Burn it down, shake it up
Break it up

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The lyrics STRANGE TOWN of THE JAM is also present in the album Snap! (1984)

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Biografia

The Jam were a legendary British punk rock band formed in 1976 in Woking, Surrey, by the multi-talented Paul Weller. Influenced by artists like The Beatles, The Kinks and The Who, they managed to blend melodic sounds with a decisive rhythm and a punk charge that made them one of the most important bands in the British music scene of the 1970s and 1980s. The original lineup, consisting of Weller (guitar, vocals), Bruce Foxton (bass) and Rick Buckler (drums), remained constant throughout the group's six years of activity. The Jam released seven studio albums, including their masterpiece "Sound Affects" (1980), which topped the British charts. Their most representative songs include "Going Underground", "Town Called Malice", "The Eton Rifles" and "Start!" . After the band's breakup in 1982, Paul Weller continued a successful career as a solo musician, while Foxton and Buckler embarked on various musical collaborations.

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