Clash The Lightning Strikes (not Once But Twice) Lyrics

Lightning Strikes (not Once But Twice) Lyrics

Now lightning strikes in old

 New york

 It may be dark but i wanna talk

 It might rain, it might snow

 Too many things i got to know

 If this is spring than it's time to sing

 Never mind the l'il birdies wing

 Look out, look out, old new york

 New york's coming an' new york talks

 Hey! strike! not once...

 Strike! but twice!

 

 Get out your money - peel a slab

 Roll some notes an' hail a cab

 Drive in church drive in back

 Drive down seventh in a tank

 Take in the sights, feel the breeze

 See new york's one and only tree

 It can be found in garbage park

 But don't inspect it after dark

 Strike! new york! lightning!

 Not once but twice.

 

 Accidental hike in the transit strike

 Roller skate or ride a bike

 Three to a car, brooklyn bridge

 You won't get far if you're privileged

 Graffiti jack sprays in black

 An englishman can he read it back?

 Deli joe he ought to know

 He runs the gang on pastrami row

 Strike! lightning strike!

 

 Because glass to glass, street to street

 Buildings touch st. peter's feet

 From car to bar, prez to shah

 Everything is in the jar

 The 4 winds blow cos the 4 winds know

 Takes a special hustle to make a roll

 Honey girl on her feet

 I wish everything to make her sweet

 Strike! twice! ok so roll!

 From harlem! strike one!

 

 Harlem slum to penthouse block

 On every door i already knocked

 There wasn't anybody that i didn't leave alone

 Somebody lying under every stone

 Everything that a man could need

 In a bag down by my knee

 That looks good, this ain't got seeds

 Cheaper than booze down in the bowery

 Lightning strike! old new york!

 Everything's light! strike!

 

 Hey ho such a night

 I'll see y'all when the lightning strike

 A polaroid caught in the act

 You're married too and that's a fact

 But i won't peek and i won't squeek

 Down by the trucks on christopher street

 It's cuban day - oi vey

 Chinese new year let's call it a day

 Tootsie! hey chi man!

 That melody is puerto rican

 Hey chi man is what he's speaking

 An' there's the road down into london town

 Where many cars get broken down

 It's the westway from ladbroke grove

 Runs down to old hounslow

 Just thought i'd mention the new extention

 That run's down the 59th street intersection

 Did you hear the news y'all?

 London town on the broadway!