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The Clash - Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad - Give 'Em Enough Rope [1978]
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PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Clash
The Clash
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Simonon
Paul Simonon
Composer
Topper Headon
Topper Headon
Composer
Mick Jones
Mick Jones
Composer
Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Sandy Pearlman
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Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's Lucy in the sky and all kinds of apple pie
She giggle at the screen 'cause it looks so green
There's carpets on the pavements and feathers in her eye
But sooner or later, her new friends will realize
[Verse 2]
That Julie's been working for the drug squad
That Julie's been working for the drug squad
[Verse 3]
She couldn't even look you in the eye
[Verse 4]
Well, it seemed like a dream, too good to be true
A-stash it in the bank while the tablets grow high
In their millions, and everybody's high (High, man)
But there's someone lookin' down from that mountainside
[Verse 5]
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
[Verse 6]
Gumbo
[Verse 7]
Ten years for you, nineteen for you
And you can get out in twenty-five
That is, if you're still alive, oh, alive
Come down, alive, oh, alive, oh
[Verse 8]
And then there came the night of the greatest ever raid
They arrested every drug that had ever been made
They put eighty-two laws through eighty-two doors
And they didn't halt the pull till the cells were all full
[Verse 9]
'Cause Julie was working for the drug squad
Julie's been working for the drug squad
[Verse 10]
They put him in a cell, they said, you wait here
And you've got the time to count all of your hair
You got fifteen years, it's a mighty long time
You could've been a physicist, but now your name is on the mailbag list
[Verse 11]
Julie's been working for the drug squad
Julie's been working for the drug squad
[Verse 12]
Gumbo
[Verse 13]
Ten years for you, nineteen for you
And you can get out in twenty-five
That is, if you're still alive, oh, alive
You're still, sit still
Written by: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon

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