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Long Time Jerk
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Punk
Long Time Jerk was released on May 14, 1982 by Sony Music CG as a part of the album Combat Rock + The People's Hall (Special Edition)
album cover
Release DateMay 14, 1982
LabelSony Music CG
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Clash
The Clash
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Simonon
Paul Simonon
Composer
Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
Composer
Topper Headon
Topper Headon
Composer
Mick Jones
Mick Jones
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Clash
The Clash
Mastering Engineer
Tim Young
Tim Young
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Gonna scrape the trouble off my boots
[Verse 2]
As they were dancing in the evening and the light shone through the trees
This girl my eye was following asked the band to play her beat
[Verse 3]
She said she do that long time jerk
("And I'll do it till it hurts") She hit me where it hurts
Oh, your heart
Now my heart will burst
[Verse 4]
Ah, but it took me back to wonderland I witnessed long ago
Babbling words of preachers, saying "Don't bury me no more!"
And I've forgotten how to worry and I don't know how to run
Against the odds I realise this struggle could be won
[Verse 5]
We dance
[Verse 6]
Long time jerk
She did it to me first
Oh, my heart
With that long time jerk
[Verse 7]
She said "I can do that long time jerk"
[Verse 8]
Bring on those tapes from the past when you looked better in the mirror
Feel that long time jerking between the taker and the giver
[Verse 9]
Feel that long time jerk
She hit me where it hurts
Ooh, I felt my heart
Now my heart will burst
[Verse 10]
I've forgotten how to worry and I don't know how to run
Against the odds I realise this struggle could be fun
Oh, through lanes and streets and houses, a reversing rush of time
She made me reinvent the world before invented time
Before invented time
[Verse 11]
Long time jerk
Oh, she hit me where it hurts
Ooh, my heart
Long time jerk
[Verse 12]
Long, long, long, long
Long, long time, long time jerk
[Verse 13]
As they were dancing in the evening and the light shone through the trees
This girl my eye was following asked the band to play her beat
[Verse 14]
They played that long time jerk
And they played it till it hurt
Oh, that sound
Now my heart will burst
[Verse 15]
Long, long, long, long time jerk
Long time jerk
[Verse 16]
That long time jerk
Oh, she did it to me first
And if that was not to hurt
Still my heart will burst
[Verse 17]
Oh, it's that long time jerk
[Verse 18]
And she said
"I can do that long time jerk
And I'll do it till it hurts
Oh, make you shout and curse
With that long time jerk"
Written by: Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon
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