English Civil War Lyrics - Give Em Enough Rope - The Clash

(traditional; arranged by strummer/jones) 

When johnny comes 

Marching home again 

He's coming by bus or underground 

A woman's eye will shed a tear 

To see his face so beaten in fear 

An' it was just around the corner in the english civil war 

It was still at the stage of clubs and fists 

When that well-known face got beaten to bits 

Your face was blue in the light of the screen 

As we watched the speech of an animal scream 

The new party army was marching right over our heads 

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Alright 

There you are, ha ha, I told you so 

Says everybody that we know 

But who hid a radio under the stairs 

An' who got caught out on their unawares? 

When that new party army came marching right up the stairs 

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When johnny comes marching home again 

Nobody understands it can happen again 

The sun is shining an' the kids are shouting loud 

But you gotta know it's shining through a crack in the cloud 

And the shadows keep falling when johnny comes marching home