X-ray Style Lyrics - Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros

I see a million walk the city mile 

The ticker tape kings and the juveniles 

Will anybody tell me which way to go 

Will anybody come back on the C.B. radio 

I'm counting the stars and the telegraph poles 

And each one represents the hopes of a soul 

You'd think that God wouldn't be so hard 

When you see all the little children running 

Running in the backyard 

On a Mississippi gourd with a Sub-Saharan song 

Somebody is wailing in the financial district sun 

Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile 

I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile 

Gonna make like Eddie on my rockabilly train 

Gonna beat out the blues on my ball and chain 

Oh, you can't pull a hold-up with a Be-Bop gun 

There's people living now who ain't got no heart 

And ain't never had none 

Down on the border they crawl all the way 

To get a clip of living with a clean all spray 

Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile 

I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile 

You can't pull a hold-up with a Be-Bop gun 

There's people living now who ain't got no heart 

And ain't never had none 

I hear a pay phone ringing out on murder mile 

The sucker who picks up gets his number dilled 

And all the sparkling waters that ever flowed 

Could never wash down this town so clean that it glowed 

And I need to see in an X-ray style 

I need some rock art that don't come in a vial 

Can anybody feel the distance to the Nile 

I wanna live and I wanna dance awhile