White man in Hammersmith Palais
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1. Midnight to six men, for the first time from Jamaica.
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Dillinger
and Leroy Smart,
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Delroy
Wilson, your cool operator.
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2. Ken Boothe for UK pop reggae, with backing
bands sound systems.
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And if they’ve got anything to
say,
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there’s
many black ears here to listen.
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But it was Four Tops all night
with encores from stage right,
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charging
from the bass knives to the treble.
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But onstage they ain’t got no roots rock rebel,
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onstage
they ain’t got no roots - - - rock rebel.
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3. Cos it won’t get you anywhere, fooling with
your guns.
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The British Army is waiting
out there,
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and
it weighs fifteen hundred tons.
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4. White youth, black
youth, better find another solution.
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Why not phone up Robin Hood,
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and
ask him for some wealth
distribution.
+ instrumental = verse 3
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5. Punk rockers in the
UK, they won’t notice anyway,
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they’re
all too busy fighting
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for a
good place under the lighting.
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6. The new groups are not
concerned with what there is to be learned,
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they
got Burton suits, ha, you think it’s funny,
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turning
rebellion into money.
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7. All over people changing their votes along with their overcoats,
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if Adolf Hitler
flew in today,
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they’d
send a limousine anyway.
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8. I’m the all night drug-prowling wolf who
looks so sick in the sun,
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I’m the white man in the palais,
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just lookin for
fun.
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+ Only looking for
fun. (4x) + G - D - G -
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(orig. = capo 2nd) (The Clash)