Songtext Gates of the west The Clash

Gates of the west

(strummer/jones)

I would love to be the lucky one on chill
Avenue
Who could keep your heart warm when ice has turned it blue
But with the beggin sleeping losers as they turn in for the night
Im looking back for home and I can see the lights

I should be jumpin shoutin that I made it all this way
From camden town station to 44th and 8th
Not many make it this far and many say were great
But just like them we walk on an we cant escape our fate
Cant you hear the sighing
Eastside jimmy and southside sue
Both say they needed something new

So Im standing at the gates of the west
I burn money at the lights of the sign
The city casts a shadow of the perfect crime
Im standing at the gates of the east
I take my pulse and the pulse of my friend
The city casts a shadow, will I see you again?

The immigrants an remnants of all the glory years
Are clustered around the bar again for another round of beers
Little richards in the kitchen playing spoons and plates
Hes telling the waitress hes great

Ah say I know somewhere backnforth in time
Out on the dustbowls, deep in the roulette mine
Or in a ghetto cellar only yesterday
Theres a move into the future for the usa.

I hear them crying
Eastside jimmy and southside sue
Both said they needed something new

Standing at the gates of the west
In the shadow again
Im standing at the gates of the west
In the shadow again