London's Burning Lyrics - The Clash (us Version) - The Clash

London's burning 

London's burning 

All across the town, all across the night 

Everybody's driving with full headlights 

Black or white turn it on, face the new religion 

Everybody's sitting 'round watching television 

London's burning with boredom now 

London's burning, dial 99999 

London's burning with boredom now 

London's burning, dial 99999 

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I'm up and down the Westway, in and out the lights 

What a great traffic system, it's so bright 

I can't think of a better way to spend the night 

Then speeding around underneath the yellow lights 

London's burning with boredom now 

London's burning, dial 99999 

London's burning with boredom now 

London's burning, dial 99999 

Now I'm in the subway and I'm looking for the flat 

This one leads to this block, this one leads to that 

The wind howls through the empty blocks looking for a home 

I run through the empty stone because I'm all alone 

London's burning with boredom now 

London's burning, dial 99999 

London's burning with boredom now 

London's burning, dial 99999 

Photos 

Here we go rocking down the West London motorway 

And on your left you'll see the tower blocks 

Built in 1963 

With hard cash payments from the GLC 

And over there you'll see Westbourne Park 

You don't wanna go there 

When it gets dark 

London's burning!