The Clash - Charlie Don't Surf

Sandinista! / 1980-12-12 1. Broadway 2. Career Opportunities 3. Charlie Don't Surf 4. Corner Soul 5. Hitsville U.K. 6. If Music Could Talk 7. Ivan Meets G.I. Joe 8. Junco Partner 9. Junkie Slip 10. Kingston Advice 11. Let's Go Crazy 12. Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) 13. Living In Fame 14. Look Here 15. Lose This Skin 16. Mensforth Hill 17. Midnight Log 18. One More Dub 19. One More Time 20. Police On My Back 21. Rebel Waltz 22. Shepherds Delight 23. Silicone On Sapphire 24. Somebody Got Murdered 25. Something About England 26. The Call Up 27. The Crooked Beat 28. The Equaliser 29. The Leader 30. The Magnificent Seven 31. The Sound Of The Sinners 32. The Street Parade 33. Up In Heaven (Not Only Here) 34. Version City 35. Version Pardner 36. Washington Bullets

Charlie Don't Surf

(The Clash)

CHORUS
Charlie don't surf and we think he should
Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma
Charlie's gonna be a napalm star

Everybody wants to rule the world
Must be something we get from birth
One truth is we never learn
Satellites will make space burn

We've been told to keep the strangers out
We don't like them starting to hang about
We don't like them over town
Across the world we're gonna blow them down

CHORUS

The reign of the super powers must be over
So many armies can't free the earth
Soon the rock will roll over
Africa is choking on their Coca Cola

It's a one a way street in a one horse town
One way people starting to brag around
You can laugh, put them down
These one way people gonna mow us down

CHORUS

Charlie don't surf he'll never learn
Charlie don't surf though he's got a gun
Charlie don't surf think that he should
Charlie don't surf we really think he should
Charlie don't surf

Charlie don't surf and we think he should
Charlie don't surf and you know that it ain't no good
Charlie don't surf for his hamburger Momma
Charlie don't surf