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Rudie Can't Fail Lyrics

Artist: The Clash
Album: Clash On Broadway

(Strummer/Jones)

Sing, Michael, sing-on the route of the 19 Bus
Hear them sayin'
How you get a rude and a reckless?
Don't you be so crude and a feckless
You been drinking brew for breakfast
Rudie can't fail

So we reply
I know that my life make you nervous
But I tell you that I can't live in service
Like the doctor who was born for a purpose***
Rudie can't fail

I WENT TO THE MARKET TO REALISE MY SOUL
'CAUSE WHAT I NEED I JUST DON'T HAVE
FIRST THEY CURSE, THEN THEY PRESS ME TILL I HURT
WE SAY RUDIE CAN'T FAIL

We hear them sayin'
Now first you must cure your temper
Then you find a job in the paper
You need someone for a saviour
Oh, Rudie can't fail

We reply
Now we get a rude and a reckless
We been seen lookin' cool an' a speckless
We been drinking brew for breakfast
So Rudie can't fail

Okay!
So where you wanna go today?
Hey boss man!
You're looking pretty smart
In your chicken skin suit

You think you're pretty hot
In your pork pie hat
But...Rudie can't fail
Look out, look out...
Sky juice!...10 cents a bottle!

*DOCTOR ALIMANTADO

Comments/Interpretations

by Luca on 8/10/2008 7:26pm
ninguna banda punk lleg� tan lejos como ellos. This is radio clash !!!!

by dee on 8/25/2008 9:51pm
punk rock never dies !!!!!! the clash is the best band i've heard

by Cee on 1/29/2009 2:14pm
There IS a reason they are "The Only Band That Matters".

by Troy on 9/9/2009 8:21am
One of the greatest bands of all time. It is sad they are not still together making kick ass music!!! "Damn the man for keeping them down".

by asdasd on 12/1/2009 5:18pm
con este tema me preparo para ir a la cancha,con la cerveza y mis botas,todo esta bien :)

by Chazz on 5/24/2010 2:07am
R.I.P Joe Strummer

by Carlos on 5/12/2012 1:02pm
Amazing band, though I discover them lately. Appreciate them better when I discover their musical experimentation. In Argentina they have influenced bands like Los Fabulosos Cadillacs