Long Shadow Lyrics - Singles - Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros

Well, Ill tell you one thing that I know 

You dont face your demons down 

You got to grab 'em jack 

And pin 'em to the ground 

The Devil may care and maybe God he wont 

Better make sure, you check on the 'Dos' and the 'Donts' 

Crawl up the mountain 

To reach where the eagles fly 

Sure you can glimpse from the mountaintop 

Where the soul of the muse might rise 

And if you put it all together 

You won't have to look around 

You know you cast 

A long shadow on the ground 

Then one day, I could tell my tracks 

By the holes in the soles of my shoes 

And that the day I said 

Im gonna make the news 

And falling in the garden 

Of days so long ago 

Somewhere in the memory 

The sun shines on you boy 

Playing in the Arroyos 

Where the American rivers flow 

From the Appalachians 

Down to the Delta Roads 

A man cant think so long 

His brain could well explode 

Theres trains running through the junctions 

A King comes down the road 

And if you put it all together 

You wont have to look around 

You know you cast 

A long shadow on the ground 

Listen to the Country 'The Night Jar and the Bell' 

Listen to the Night Streamliner 

Sounding like the wolves of Hell 

Head for the water, the water of the cleansing spell 

It was always are destination 

On the express of the Neer Do Wells 

And we rock through Madison City 

And we didnt even know she was there 

And when we hit the Buffers in Memphis 

And Beale street didnt have no prayer 

I hear punks talk of anarchy, I hear hobos on the railroad 

I hear mutterings on the chain-gangs 

It was those men who built the roads 

And if you put it all together 

You didnt even once relent 

You cast a long shadow 

And that is your testament 

Somewhere in my soul, theres always rock and roll