The Clash — Three Card Trick

Patriots of the wasteland Torching two hundred years Dragging my spirit back Deep into the dungeon again Oh, bring back crucifixion Cry the moral death's head legion Using steel nails Manufactured by the slaves in Asia You won't fall for that Well, law and order is a baton in the ribs You won't fall for that Just like your Mummy and your Daddy did Blood inside a fountain pen And wrote you out of life again And who knows any better Than to kick and scratch under English weather Form a chain gang to the mill The mill that sits on top of the hill Fog drowned town gonna have to fade The wrong side of a scissor blade You won't fall for that Well, law and order is a baton in the ribs You won't fall for that Just like your Mama and your Daddy did I'll eat my hat Oh, I'm gonna be sick They own the pack Try to play the three card trick Patriots of the wasteland Torching two hundred years Dragging my spirit back Deep into the dungeon again Oh, bring back crucifixion Cry the moral death's head legion Using steel nails Manufactured by the slaves in Asia You won't fall for that Well, law and order is a baton in the ribs You won't fall for that Just like your Mama and your Daddy did I'll eat my hat Oh, I'm gonna be sick Oh, they own the pack You try to play the three card trick Run, run, run, run, run don't you know Where is that place where you hid the ace, oh Don't you know that ?? They're trying to pull that three card trick