The Clash - Red Angel Dragnet Lyrics

I come from a long way, away
And I know a fine thing when I see it, see it
For the same reason no one ever pointed a telescope at the sun
Talking about The Red Angels of N Y City

Who shot the shot?
Who got shot tonight?
Who shot the shot?
Who got shot tonight?

Not even five enforcement agencies can save their own
Never mind the people
Tonight it's raining on the angels of the city
Did anyone prophesize these people?
Only Travis

Thank God for the rain to wash the trash off the sidewalk
Listen you screwheads
Here is a man who would not take it anymore
A man who stood up against the scum, the filth
Now I see clearly

Personally, I know the alley
Where Jack feeds on the birds of night
Not even bobbies basically
Can stop the blood and feathers flying

Who got shot tonight?
Who got shot tonight?
Who got shot tonight?

Wearing overalls and for once and for all
What is the dream? I'll tell it
To live like they do in the movies
San Juan you listening?

Yeah I bet you are
Hands up for Hollywood, hooray, I hear you
Snappy on the air, hang in there, wall to wall
You saved the world, what else? You saved the girl

Champagne on ice, no stranger to Alcatraz to boot
Or strip it down, chop it a little, being reasonable
Just freedom to move, to live
For the women to take a walk in the park at midnight
Hey, but this is serious, she can't even get back home

Who got shot tonight?

Who shot the shot that caught the cop
And chopped the cop and made him drop?

One of these days I'm going to get myself out of this house