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The Clash
Straight to Hell
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Straight to Hell was released on May 14, 1982 by Sony Music UK as a part of the album Combat Rock
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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
Vocals
Mick Jones
Mick Jones
Guitar
Paul Simonon
Paul Simonon
Bass Guitar
Topper Headon
Topper Headon
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Simonon
Paul Simonon
Songwriter
Topper Headon
Topper Headon
Songwriter
Mick Jones
Mick Jones
Songwriter
Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Clash
The Clash
Producer
Eddie García
Eddie García
Tape Operator
Glyn Johns
Glyn Johns
Mixing Engineer
Jerry Green
Jerry Green
Recording Engineer
Joe Blaney
Joe Blaney
Recording Engineer
Tim Young
Tim Young
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
If you can play on the fiddle
How's about a British jig and reel?
Speaking King's English in quotation
As railhead towns feel the steel mills rust
Water froze
In the generation
Clear as winter ice
This is your paradise
[Chorus]
There ain't no need for ya
There ain't no need for ya
Go straight to hell, boys
Go straight to hell, boys
[Verse 2]
Wanna join in a chorus
Of the Amerasian blues?
When it's Christmas out in Ho Chi Minh city
Kiddie say, "Papa, papa, papa, papa, papa-san take me home
See me got photo, photo, photograph of you
And mama, mama, mama-san
Of you and mama, mama, mama-san"
Let me tell ya 'bout your blood bamboo kid
It ain't Coca-Cola, it's rice
[Chorus]
Straight to hell, boy
Go straight to hell, boy
Go straight to hell, boys
Go straight to hell, boy
[Bridge]
Oh, papa-san
Please, take me home
Oh, papa-san
Everybody, they wanna go home
So mama-san says
[Verse 3]
You wanna play mind-crazed banjo
On the druggy-drag ragtime USA?
In Parkland International
Hey, Junkiedom, USA
Where procaine proves the purest rock man groove
And rat poison
The volatile Molatov says
[Verse 4]
Straight to hell
[Verse 5]
Can you cough it up loud and strong?
The immigrants, they wanna sing all night long
It could be anywhere
Most likely could be any frontier
Any hemisphere
In no man's land
There ain't no asylum here
King Solomon, he never lived 'round here
[Outro]
Straight to hell, boy
Go straight to hell, boy
Go straight to hell, boys
Go straight to hell, boys
[Outro]
Oh, papa-san
Please, take me home
Oh, papa-san
Everybody, they wanna go home
Written by: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon

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