The Clash - Somebody Got Murdered

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

Somebody Got Murdered

Someone lights a cigarette
While riding in a car
Some ol' guy takes a swig
And passes back the jar
But where they were last night
No-one can remember
Somebody got murdered
Goodbye, for keeps, forever

Somebody got murdered
Somebody's dead forever

And you're minding your own business
Carrying spare change
You wouldn't cosh a barber
You're hungry all the same
I been very tempted
To grab it from the till
I been very hungry
But not enough to kill

Somebody got murdered
His name cannot be found
A small stain on the pavement
They'll scrub it off the ground
As the daily crown disperses
No-one says that much
Somebody got murdered
And it' left me with a touch

Somebody got murdered
Somebody's dead forever
Sounds like murder!
Those shouts!
Are they drunk down below?

It's late, and my watch stopped
Some time ago
Sounds like murder!
Those screams!
Are they drunk down below?