Lyrics Long Shadow - Joe Strummer, The Mescaleros

Long Shadow

Well, Ill tell you one thing that I know
You dont face your demons down
You got to grab 'em jack
And pin 'em to the ground
The Devil may care and maybe God he won’t
Better make sure, you check on the 'Dos' and the 'Donts'
Crawl up the mountain
To reach where the eagles fly
Sure you can glimpse from the mountaintop
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
Then one day, I could tell my tracks
By the holes in the soles of my shoes
And that the day I said
Im gonna make the news
And falling back in the garden
Of 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
Theres trains running through the junctions
A King comes 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
Listen to the Country 'The Night Jar and the Bell'
Listen to the Night Streamliner
Sounding like the wolves of Hell
Head for the water, the water of the cleansing spell
It was always our destination
On the express of the Neer Do Wells
And we rock through Madison City
And we didn’t even know she was there
And when we hit the Buffers in Memphis
And Beale street didn’t have no prayer
I hear punks talk of anarchy, I hear hobos on the railroad
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
Somewhere in my soul, there’s always rock and roll