The Clash London’s Burning song lyrics

London's burning

London's burning

All across the town, all across the night

Everybody's driving with full headlights

Black or white turn it on, face the new religion

Everybody's sitting 'round watching television

London's burning with boredom now

London's burning, dial 99999

London's burning with boredom now

London's burning, dial 99999

I'm up and down the Westway, in and out the lights

What a great traffic system, it's so bright

I can't think of a better way to spend the night

Then speeding around underneath the yellow lights

London's burning with boredom now

London's burning, dial 99999

London's burning with boredom now

London's burning, dial 99999

Now I'm in the subway and I'm looking for the flat

This one leads to this block, this one leads to that

The wind howls through the empty blocks looking for a home

I run through the empty stone because I'm all alone

London's burning with boredom now

London's burning, dial 99999

London's burning with boredom now

London's burning, dial 99999

Here we go rocking down the West London motorway

And on your left you'll see the tower blocks

Built in 1963

With hard cash payments from the GLC

And over there you'll see Westbourne Park

You don't wanna go there

When it gets dark

London's burning!