Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros Long Shadow Lyrics

Long Shadow Lyrics

Well I'll tell you one thing that I know

You don't face your demons now 

If you gotta grab 'em Jack and pin 'em to the ground

The devil may care and maybe god--he won't

You better make sure you check on the do's and the don'ts



Crawl up a moutain 

To reach where the eagels fly

To show you a glimps from the mountian top 

where the soul of the muse might rise



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 souls and the shoes

And thats the day I said I'm gonna make the news



And fallen back in the garden

In the days so long ago

Somewhere in the memory 

The sun shines on you boy



And playing in the aroyals 

where the american rivers flow

From the Apelacians 

Down to the Delta Roads



A man can't think alone 

His brain could well explode

The strings runnin' through the junctions 

And king cottons 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 Ne'ver 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

A pill 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

'Cause 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!