Gates Of The West Lyrics

The song Gates Of The West is performed by The Clash in the album named Clash on Broadway in the year 2004 .



I would love to be the lucky one on Chill Avenue
Who could keep your heart warm when ice has turned it blue
But then you see the losers as they turn in for the night
I'm looking back for home and I can see the lights

I should be jumpin' shoutin' that I made it all this way
From Camden Town Station to 44th and 8th
Not many make it this far and many say we're great
But just like them we walk on, we can't escape our fate

Can't you hear the sighing?
East side Jimmy and South side Sue
Both say they needed something new

So I'm standing at the Gates of the West
I burn money at the lights of the sign
The city casts a shadow of the perfect crime

I'm standing at the Gates of the East
I take my pulse and the pulse of my friend
The city casts a shadow, will I see you again?

The immigrants an' remnants of all the glory years
Are clustered around the bar again for another round of beers
Little Richard's in the kitchen playing spoons and plates
He's telling the waitress he's great

Ah, say I know somewhere back and forth in time
Out on the dust bowls, deep in the roulette mine
Or in the ghetto cellar only yesterday
There's a move into the future for USA

I hear them crying
East side Jimmy and South side Sue
Both said they needed something new

So I'm standing at the Gates of the West
I burn money at the light of the sign
The city casts a shadow of the perfect crime

I'm standing at the Gates of the East
I take my pulse and the pulse of my friend
The city casts a shadow, will I see you again?

Standing at the gates of the West
In the shadow again
I'm standing at the gates of the West
In the shadow again
I'm standing at the gates of the West
In the shadow again
In the shadow again



The Clash - Clash on Broadway

Jun 2004

  1. Janie Jones (Demo)
  2. Career Opportunities (Demo)
  3. White Riot
  4. 1977
  5. I'm So Bored With The U.S.A.
  6. Hate & War
  7. What's My Name
  8. Deny
  9. London's Burning
  10. Protex Blue
  11. Police & Thieves
  12. 48 Hours
  13. Cheat
  14. Garageland
  15. Capital Radio One
  16. Complete Control
  17. Clash City Rockers
  18. City Of The Dead
  19. Jail Guitar Doors
  20. The Prisoner
  21. (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais
  22. Pressure Drop
  23. 1-2 Crush On You
  24. English Civil War
  25. I Fought The Law (Live)
  26. Safe European Home
  27. Tommy Gun
  28. Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad
  29. Stay Free
  30. One Emotion
  31. Groovy Times
  32. Gates Of The West
  33. Armagideon Time
  34. London Calling
  35. Brand New Cadillac
  36. Rudie Can't Fail
  37. The Guns Of Brixton
  38. Spanish Bombs
  39. Lost In The Supermarket
  40. The Right Profile
  41. The Card Cheat
  42. Death Or Glory
  43. Clampdown
  44. Train In Vain
  45. Bankrobber
  46. Police On My Back
  47. The Magnificent Seven
  48. The Leader
  49. The Call Up
  50. Somebody Got Murdered
  51. Washington Bullets
  52. Broadway
  53. Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice) (Live)
  54. Every Little Bit Hurts
  55. Stop The World
  56. Midnight To Stevens
  57. This Is Radio Clash
  58. Cool Confusion
  59. Red Angel Dragnet
  60. Ghetto Defendant
  61. Rock The Casbah
  62. Should I Stay Or Should I Go
  63. Straight To Hell
  64. The Street Parade

Gates Of The West