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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
Vocals
The Mescaleros
The Mescaleros
Performer
John Mellor
John Mellor
Lead Vocals
Scott Shields
Scott Shields
Background Vocals
Richard Norris
Richard Norris
Keyboards
Martin Slattery
Martin Slattery
Melodica
Pablo Cook
Pablo Cook
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
Composer
Richard Norris
Richard Norris
Composer
Pablo Cook
Pablo Cook
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Antony Genn
Antony Genn
Mixing Engineer
John Mellor
John Mellor
Producer
Richard Norris
Richard Norris
Producer
Ian Tregoning
Ian Tregoning
Recording Engineer
Richard Flack
Richard Flack
Mixing Engineer
Peter J Moore
Peter J Moore
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well so long liberty
Let's forget you didn't show
Not in my time
But in our sons' and daughters' time
When you get the feeling
Call and you got a room
[Verse 2]
Meantime, we're cutting our hands at the kebab shop
In the streets of fear
Forgetting all our best Tai-kwon-do moves
On a barrel of beer
We trying to get a signal on a ragga F.M.
Do the DTI, bust CNN
Sucking the wine, right out of the vine
And spitting it out again
[Verse 3]
Groovin' let's cut out of the the scene
And go groovin'
Groovin' let's cut out of the the scene
Go groovin'
Drive, drive, drive
Distance no object, rasta for I
[Verse 4]
Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya la
Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya lioo, whoa
Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya la
Jumbalaya on the Bayou
[Verse 5]
Cool Moe Dee was in the treacherous three
There was old school, new school and Brownie McGee
Going under water to explode
Now night is falling on the grove
Now but dream
And I hear
[Verse 6]
Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya la
Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya lioo, whoa
Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya la
Jumbalaya on the Bayou
Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya la
Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya lioo, whoa
Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya la
Jumbalaya on the Bayou
Tonight in the groove
[Verse 7]
Well so long liberty
Just let's forget you didn't show
Not in my time
But in our sons' and daughters' time
When you get the feeling
Call and you got a room
[Verse 8]
Meantime, we're cutting our hands at the kebab shop
In the streets of fear
Forgetting all our best Tai-kwon-do moves
On a barrel of beer
We trying to get a signal on a ragga F.M.
Do the DTI, bust CNN
Sucking the swine, right out of the vine
Spitting it back again
[Verse 9]
Groovin' let's cut out of the the scene, go groovin'
Groovin' let's cut out of the the scene, go groovin'
Drive, drive
Distance no object, rasta, for I
[Verse 10]
Somebody got a vision of a homeland
From a township, from a township window
Through a township window
Some crazy widow, dares to have a vision
Starts seething like
Seeming like the homeland on the plain
Not in focus yet
Seeming like the homeland on the plain
Not in focus yet
[Verse 11]
I'm groovin' with a freestyle nation
And maximum density
[Verse 12]
And I say, yalla, yalla, yalla, ya la
Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya lioo
Jumbalaya on the Bayou
[Verse 13]
Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya la
Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya lioo, whoa
Yalla, yalla, yalla, ya la
Only to shine, shine in gold, shine
Written by: Joe Strummer, Pablo Cook, Richard Norris
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