The Guns of Brixton (Live at Shea Stadium) lyrics

[Joe Strummer]
"[...]Mister Paul Simonon is now gonna bring you with walking in The Guns of Brixton."

[Mick Jones]
"Yeah, ask your neighbor what that's about."

[Verse 1]
When they kick at your front door
How you gonna go?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of the gun

[Pre-Chorus]
When the law brace in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting in death row

[Chorus]
You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton!

[Post-Chorus]
Money feels good
And your life you like it well
But surely your time will come
As in heaven, as in hell
[Chorus]
You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton!
You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton!

[Verse 2]
You see, he feels like Ivan
Born under the Brixton sun
His game is called survivin'
At the end of The Harder They Come

[Chorus]
You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton!

[Pre-Chorus]
You know it means no mercy
They caught him with a gun
No need for the Black Maria
Goodbye to the Brixton sun
[Chorus]
You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you'll have to answer to
Oh, the guns of Brixton
You can crush us
You can bruise us
And even shoot us
But oh, the guns of Brixton!

[Instrumental Outro]

[Joe Strummer]
"Yeah if you don't know what's a... If you don't know what's going on just ask the person standing next to you as we go into, Tommy Gun."