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Bankrobber Lyrics

Artist: The Clash
Album: Clash On Broadway

(Strummer/Jones)

MY DADDY WAS A BANKROBBER
BUT HE NEVER HURT NOBODY
HE JUST LOVED TO LIVE THAT WAY
AND HE LOVED TO STEAL YOUR MONEY

SOME IS RICH, AND SOME IS POOR
THAT'S THE WAY THE WORLD IS
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IN LYING BACK
SAYlN' HOW BAD YOUR LUCK IS

SO WE CAME TO JAZZ IT UP
WE NEVER LOVED A SHOVEL
BREAK YOUR BACK TO EARN YOUR PAY
AN' DON'T FORGET TO GROVEL

THE OLD MAN SPOKE UP IN A BAR
SAID I NEVER BEEN IN PRISON
A LIFETIME SERVING ONE MACHINE
IS TEN TIMES WORSE THAN PRISON

IMAGINE IF ALL THE BOYS IN JAIL
COULD GET OUT NOW TOGETHER
WHADDA YOU THINK THEY'D WANT TO SAY TO US?
WHILE WE WAS BEING CLEVER

SOMEDAY YOU'LL MEET YOUR ROCKING CHAIR
COS THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SPINNING
THERE'S NO POINT TO WANNA COMB YOUR HAIR
WHEN IT'S GREY AND THINNING

RUN RABBIT RUN
STRIKE OUT BOYS, FOR THE HILLS
I CAN FIND THAT HOLE IN THE WALL
AND I KNOW THAT THEY NEVER WILL

Comments/Interpretations

by patrick Mcloughlin on 7/15/2008 8:33am
the best band in the world i love this song

by lifeslong on 9/8/2008 5:45pm
Song used well in the new Guy Ritchie film, RocknRolla.

by caziinsant on 9/24/2008 2:59am
great song

by michael on 11/4/2008 2:20pm
yeah, RocknRolla is where i first heard it, this song is the shit

by James on 11/29/2008 12:41pm
I have always loved the clash if this is only song you've heard you should check out a live album called from here to eternity, its only album thats never been out of my top 1 of favourites :D

by Mark on 1/28/2009 5:08pm
This song is shit? get a life and while your there some culture!! The clash rule...

by lee ru fong on 1/29/2009 5:28pm
freakin GREAT track, ya rocknrolla is badass..

by RONDOG on 1/29/2009 7:57pm
I LOVE THIS DAMN SONG YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

by rodyyy on 1/31/2009 10:33pm
this songs the shitttt and rocknrolla is prolly one of the greatest movies ive watched ... in my life

by Wallace on 2/4/2009 3:37pm
"the shit", MARK, is an american slang term for something great...thusly, this song is "the shit" and I'll never forget the first time I heard it. IT ROCKS!!!

by Che on 2/6/2009 1:00pm
Song is good...but RockNRolla is just a pale copy of Lock, stock an 2 smokin barels, Snatch and Revolver...

by jonny rotten you cheeky bastard on 2/8/2009 9:03pm
good song... fueled by drugs and the 3 instruments to keep it going... all and all jhonny is a real ROCKINROLLA

by khekshial on 2/12/2009 5:39am
michael is the ultimate fucking shit

by Viktor on 2/12/2009 7:40am
@ lifeslong: You're so right! Actually it was from that movie i found this song. I've listened to clash for a very long time but didn't know that they've done this song. Perfect in every way!

by Tbilisi on 2/17/2009 11:47am
one of my fav songs, and Guy Ritchie is very good in selecting music for the movies, even though in my opinion RocknRolla can't be compared to lock stock or even snatch.. its still OK....

by C9 on 2/28/2009 12:48pm
Classic Clash tune, always loved their reggae influence. Joe Strummer was The MAN!

by DOC on 3/1/2009 3:48pm
@Viktor
How can you say you know the Clash and not know they made this track !!!
Go awayyyyyyyyy

by raiz on 4/12/2009 4:25pm
the story of this song is 100 times better than that shit movie thats why it stands the test of time and the movie wont

by gigi on 5/3/2009 7:27am
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

by sally on 6/28/2009 3:24am
i love this song so much!!!

by sadas on 11/21/2009 5:13am
asdada

by vanichka on 12/8/2009 12:47pm
Greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat ! ! !

by frankie on 12/10/2009 4:51am
the clash are ledgends bankrobber great song

by DB on 1/26/2010 3:02pm
i think this song is just great and the movie gets interesting after the first hour

by Jay on 6/15/2010 8:30pm
*bump* because such a good choon deserves it. Ahora Clashistas!

by junkie on 3/8/2012 2:49pm
this song is a excatly junkie's song i love it.

by Daron on 5/20/2012 4:46pm
Love this song cos MY daddy actually WAS a bank robber and he never hurt nobody!

by Mona on 6/26/2012 8:06pm
I love this song. I heard it on RocknRolla, which I just saw a few days ago and I can't get this song out of my head! I'm going to totally expand my music collection with The Clash!!!

by OsKAR on 10/7/2013 2:38pm
this song is amazing!, esta de huevos!!!