Complete Control (Single Version)

By The Clash

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They said release 'Remote Control'

But we didn't want it on the label

They said, "Fly to Amsterdam"

The people laughed, but the press went mad

Ohh, oh, ohh, someone's really smart

Ohh, oh, ohh, complete control, that's a laugh

On the last tour, my mates they couldn't get in

I'd open up the back door but they'd get run out again

At every hotel, we was met by the law

Come for the party, come to make sure

Ohh, oh, ohh, have we done something wrong?

Ohh, oh, ohh, complete control, even over this song

You're my guitar hero!!

They said we'd be artistically free

When we signed that bit of paper

They meant let's make a lotsa money

And worry about it later

Ohh, oh, ohh, I'll never understand

Ohh, oh, ohh, complete control, let me see your other hand

I don't trust you, why should you trust me?

—Huh?

All over news, spread fast

They're dirty, they're filthy

They ain't a gonna last

(Total) This is Joe Public speaking

(C-O-N, Control)

I'm controlled in the body

I'm controlled in the mind

(Total) This is punk rockers

(C-O-N, Control)

We're controlled in the price

Of the hard drugs we must have to find

Total C-O-N, Control

Total (Parent! Control!)

C-O-N, Control

We've gotta ??????

(C-O-N, Control)

That means you

I kick it, I fight it, I gotta get up at it

(C-O-N, Control)

I gotta kick it