The Clash - The Crooked Beat

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

The Crooked Beat

Start the car lets make a midnight run
Across the river to South London
To dance to the latest hi-fi sound
Of bass, guitar and drum
Seeking out a rhythm that can take the pressure off
Stepping in and out of that crooked crooked beat

Take a piece of cloth, a coin for thirst
For the sweat will start to run
With a cymbal splash, a word of truth
And a rocking bass and drum
Seeking out a rhythm that can take the pressure on
Stepping in and out of that crooked crooked beat

So one by one they come on down
From the tower blocks of my home town
Stepping with the rhythm of the rockers beat
Drowning out the pressure of the crooked beat
Seeking out a rhythm that can take the tension on
Stepping in and out of that crooked crooked beat

It has crooked past this crooked street
Where cars patrol this crooked beat
Badges flsh and sirens wail
They'll be taking one and all to jail

Prance! Prance! You want a law to dance?