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Joe Strummer

Cowboy Mouth

Joe Strummer

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

She had all the tattoos and the piercings
Hates everything says everybody's wrong
She dressed like she slept with Guns n´ Roses
But I busted her singing all the boy-band songs

She had to go simply because
And I let her go like she never was
Cause I didn't know
And I don't care what she does
She had to go
'Cause she didn't know who
Joe Strummer was.

Hey!

At night when we stood in line for hours
waiting to see my favorite punk rock band
I bled with the passion and the power
But she's only there for all the fashion trends
With her clueless friends

She had to go (she had to go),
Simply because (simply because),
And I let her go (I let her go)
Like she never was (like she never was)
'Cause I didn't know (I didn't know)
And I don't care what she does (simply because),
She had to go
'Cause she didn't know who
Joe Strummer was (Joe Strummer was)
Joe Strummer was (Joe Strummer was)

She started talkin' 'bout me and my wife (my wife)
But why would I wanna be with someone who doesn't know
the Clash saved my life

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

Go!

It's not that she didn't rock my casbah (my casbah)
it's not that I couldn't burn her London down,
it's just that she kept on disappearing (disappearing)
whenever the Sandinistas came to town
and burned it down

She had to go (She had to go) simply because (simply because),
I let her go (I let her go) like she never was (like she never was),
'cause i didn´t know (I didn't know)
and i don't care what she does (simply because),
she had to go 'cause she didn't know who
Joe Strummer was, (Joe Strummer was)
Joe Strummer was, (Joe Strummer was)
Joe Strummer was, (Joe Strummer was)
Joe Strummer was, (Joe Strummer was)

She had to go (she don't know Joe)
She had to go (she don't know Joe)
She had to go (she don't know Joe)
She had to go (she don't know Joe)

Go!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

Joe Strummer

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

Ella tenía todos los tatuajes y los piercings
Odia todo, dice que todos están equivocados
Se vestía como si hubiera dormido con Guns N' Roses
Pero la descubrí cantando todas las canciones de boy bands

Ella tuvo que irse simplemente porque
Y la dejé ir como si nunca hubiera estado
Porque no sabía
Y no me importa lo que haga
Ella tuvo que irse
Porque no sabía quién era
Joe Strummer.

Hey!

Por la noche, cuando esperábamos en fila durante horas
Esperando ver a mi banda de punk rock favorita
Yo sangraba con la pasión y el poder
Pero ella solo estaba allí por las tendencias de moda
Con sus amigos sin idea

Ella tuvo que irse (tuvo que irse),
Simplemente porque (simplemente porque),
Y la dejé ir (la dejé ir)
Como si nunca hubiera estado (como si nunca hubiera estado)
Porque no sabía (no sabía)
Y no me importa lo que haga (simplemente porque),
Ella tuvo que irse
Porque no sabía quién era
Joe Strummer (Joe Strummer era)
Joe Strummer era (Joe Strummer era)

Ella empezó a hablar de mí y mi esposa (mi esposa)
Pero ¿por qué querría estar con alguien que no sabe
que The Clash salvó mi vida?

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

¡Vamos!

No es que ella no pudiera rockear mi casbah (mi casbah)
No es que no pudiera quemar su Londres
Es solo que seguía desapareciendo (desapareciendo)
Cada vez que los Sandinistas llegaban a la ciudad
Y la quemaban

Ella tuvo que irse (tuvo que irse) simplemente porque (simplemente porque),
La dejé ir (la dejé ir) como si nunca hubiera estado (como si nunca hubiera estado),
Porque no sabía (no sabía)
Y no me importa lo que haga (simplemente porque),
Ella tuvo que irse porque no sabía quién era
Joe Strummer, (Joe Strummer era)
Joe Strummer era, (Joe Strummer era)
Joe Strummer era, (Joe Strummer era)
Joe Strummer era, (Joe Strummer era)

Ella tuvo que irse (no conoce a Joe)
Ella tuvo que irse (no conoce a Joe)
Ella tuvo que irse (no conoce a Joe)
Ella tuvo que irse (no conoce a Joe)

¡Vamos!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!

Escrita por: John Thomas Griffith / Leblanc / Mitchell Allen