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("Complete Control" by The Clash playing) 00:01
♪They said, "Release Remote Control" ♪ 00:26
♪ But we didn't want it on the label ♪ 00:29
♪ They said, "Fly to Amsterdam" ♪ 00:32
♪ The people laughed, but the press went mad ♪ 00:34
♪ Ooh-oh, someone's really smart ♪ 00:37
♪ Ooh-oh, complete control, yeah, that's a laugh ♪ 00:43
♪ On the last tour, my mates they couldn't get in ♪ 00:48
♪ I'd open up the back door but they'd get run out again ♪ 00:51
♪ And at every hotel we was met by the law ♪ 00:54
♪ Come for the party, just to make sure ♪ 00:56
♪ Ooh-oh, someones really smart ♪ 00:59
♪ Ooh-oh, complete control, not on this song ♪ 01:05
♪ They said we'd be artistically free ♪ 01:32
♪ When we signed that bit of paper ♪ 01:34
♪ They meant "Let's make a lots of money ♪ 01:37
♪ And worry about it later" ♪ 01:39
♪ Ooh-oh, someones really smart ♪ 01:42
♪ Ooh-oh, complete control ♪ 01:48
♪ I don't trust you ♪ 01:54
♪ so why trust me ♪ 01:57
♪ All over the town spread fast ♪ 02:05
♪ They're dirty, they're filthy ♪ 02:09
♪ They ain't going to last ♪ 02:11
♪ Control ♪ 02:16
♪ C-O-N trol ♪ 02:20
♪ Control ♪ 02:26
♪ Parent control ♪ 02:28
♪ C-O-N trol ♪ 02:31
♪ Control ♪ 02:37
♪ Felling like a running at a damn train ♪ 02:39
♪ C-O-N trol ♪ 02:42
♪ This is the public speaking ♪ 03:09
♪ Oh yeah, control ♪ 03:14
♪ This is the public ♪ 03:20
♪ C-O-N trol ♪ 03:25

Complete Control

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The Clash
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Best Of The Clash
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Lyrics:

[English]

("Complete Control" by The Clash playing)

♪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-oh, someone's really smart ♪

♪ Ooh-oh, complete control, yeah, that's a laugh ♪

♪ On the last tour, my mates they couldn't get in ♪

♪ I'd open up the back door but they'd get run out again ♪

♪ And at every hotel we was met by the law ♪

♪ Come for the party, just to make sure ♪

♪ Ooh-oh, someones really smart ♪

♪ Ooh-oh, complete control, not on this song ♪

♪ They said we'd be artistically free ♪

♪ When we signed that bit of paper ♪

♪ They meant "Let's make a lots of money ♪

♪ And worry about it later" ♪

♪ Ooh-oh, someones really smart ♪

♪ Ooh-oh, complete control ♪

♪ I don't trust you ♪

♪ so why trust me ♪

♪ All over the town spread fast ♪

♪ They're dirty, they're filthy ♪

♪ They ain't going to last ♪

♪ Control ♪

♪ C-O-N trol ♪

♪ Control ♪

♪ Parent control ♪

♪ C-O-N trol ♪

♪ Control ♪

♪ Felling like a running at a damn train ♪

♪ C-O-N trol ♪

♪ This is the public speaking ♪

♪ Oh yeah, control ♪

♪ This is the public ♪

♪ C-O-N trol ♪

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary Meanings

control

/kənˈtroʊl/

B1
  • noun
  • - the power to influence or direct people's behavior or the course of events.
  • verb
  • - to have power over; to manage; to restrain.

laugh

/læf/

A2
  • verb
  • - to make the sounds and facial expressions which show you think something is funny
  • noun
  • - an act or sound of laughing

mad

/mæd/

B1
  • adjective
  • - mentally ill; insane.
  • adjective
  • - very angry; furious.

smart

/smɑːrt/

B1
  • adjective
  • - intelligent; clever.

tour

/tʊr/

A2
  • noun
  • - a journey for pleasure in which you visit several different towns, areas, etc.

door

/dɔːr/

A1
  • noun
  • - a hinged, sliding, or revolving barrier at the entrance to a building, room, or vehicle.

hotel

/hoʊˈtel/

A2
  • noun
  • - an establishment providing accommodation, meals, and other services for travelers and tourists.

law

/lɔː/

B1
  • noun
  • - the system of rules which a particular country or community recognizes as regulating the actions of its members and which it may enforce by the imposition of penalties.

party

/ˈpɑːrti/

A2
  • noun
  • - a social gathering for pleasure and amusement.

free

/friː/

A1
  • adjective
  • - not under the control or power of someone else; able to do or say what you want.

money

/ˈmʌni/

A1
  • noun
  • - a current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes.

town

/taʊn/

A1
  • noun
  • - an urban area that has a name, defined boundaries, and local government, and that is generally larger than a village and smaller than a city.

dirty

/ˈdɜːrti/

A2
  • adjective
  • - covered or marked with dirt or an unclean substance.

filthy

/ˈfɪlθi/

B2
  • adjective
  • - disgustingly dirty.

train

/treɪn/

A1
  • noun
  • - a series of railway carriages or wagons moved as a unit by a locomotive or by integral motors.

public

/ˈpʌblɪk/

B1
  • noun
  • - ordinary people in general; the community.
  • adjective
  • - of or concerning the people as a whole.

Grammar

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