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Long Shadow
Joe Strummer
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Well I'll tell you one thing that I know
You don't face your demons down
You gotta grapple 'em, Jack, and pin 'em to the ground
The Devil may care, maybe God he won't
Better make sure you check on the dos and the don'ts
Crawl up the mountain to reach where the eagles fly
Sure you can glimpse from the mountain top
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
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Then one day I could tell my tracks
By the holes in the soles of my shoes
And that's the day I said I'm gonna make the news
And falling back in the garden, the 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 can't think so long, his brain could well explode
Trains running through the junctions and King Cotton's down the road
And if you put it all together
You won't have to look around
You know you cast a long shadow on the ground
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Listen to the country, the nightjar and the bell
Listen to the Night Streamliner sounding like the wolves of hell
Head for the water, the waters of the cleansing spell
It was always our destination on the express of the ne'er do wells
And we rocked through Madison City
Man, we didn't even know she was there
And when we hit the Boppers in Memphis
Beale Street didn't have no prayer
And I hear punks talk of anarchy, I hear hobos on the railroads
I hear mutterings on the chain gangs
It was those men who built the roads
And if you put it all together
You didn't even once relent
You cast a long shadow
And that is your testament
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And somewhere in my soul
There's always rock and roll
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