Complete Control (1977)

The Clash

Complete Control Lyrics

They said release 'Remote Control'
But we didn't want it on the label
They said fly to Amsterdam
The people laughed but the press went mad

Ooh oooh oohh someone's really smart
Ooh oohh oohh complete control, yeah that's a laugh

On the last tour my mates couldn't get in
I'd open up the back door but they'd get run out again
At every hotel we were met by the law
Come for the party come to make sure

Ooh oohh oohh have we done something wrong?
Oohh oohh oohh complete control even over this song

You're my guitar hero!!

They said we'd be artistically free
When we signed that bit of paper
They meant they make a lots a money
An' worry about it later

Oohh oohh oohh I'll never understand
Oohh oohh oohh complete control
Lemme see your other hand

I don't judge you
Why should you judge me?
huh?

All over the news spread fast
They're dirty, they're filthy
They ain't gonna last

This is Joe Public speaking
I'm controlled in the body
I'm controlled in the mind
This is punk rockers!
we're controlled in the price
of the hard drugs we must find

Total
C-o-n Control, complete control..
That means you!