Julie’s Been Working for the Drug Squad by The Clash Lyrics
[Verse 1]
It's Lucy in the sky and all kinds of apple pie
She giggles at the screen because it looks so green
There's carpets on the pavements and feathers in her eye
But sooner or later, her new friend will realize
That Julie's been working for the drug squad
Julie's been working for the drug squad
She will even look you in the eye!
Well it seemed like a dream, too good to be true
Stash it in the bank while the tablets grow high in their millions
And everybody's high-igh-igh (Hi! Man)
But there's someone looking down from that mountainside
[Chorus 1]
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
Come On!
[Chorus 2]
Ten years for you, nineteen for you
And you can get out in twenty-five
That is if you're alive, oh alive
Don't get a life, oh alive, oh
[Verse 2]
And then there came the night of the greatest ever raid
They arrested every drug that had ever been made
They took eighty-two laws through eighty-two doors
And they didn't halt the pull till the cells were all full
[Chorus 1]
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
Come On!
[Verse 3]
They put him in a cell, they said, "You wait here"
You've got the time to count all of your hair
You've got fifteen years, it's mighty long time
You could have been a physicist, but now your name is on the mailbag list
[Chorus 1]
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
Come On!
[Chorus 2]
Ten years for you, nineteen for you
And you can get out in twenty-five
That is if you're alive, oh alive
Don't get a life, oh alive, oh
[Outro]
"You're fair
Shouldn't stay alone!"
It's Lucy in the sky and all kinds of apple pie
She giggles at the screen because it looks so green
There's carpets on the pavements and feathers in her eye
But sooner or later, her new friend will realize
That Julie's been working for the drug squad
Julie's been working for the drug squad
She will even look you in the eye!
Well it seemed like a dream, too good to be true
Stash it in the bank while the tablets grow high in their millions
And everybody's high-igh-igh (Hi! Man)
But there's someone looking down from that mountainside
[Chorus 1]
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
Come On!
[Chorus 2]
Ten years for you, nineteen for you
And you can get out in twenty-five
That is if you're alive, oh alive
Don't get a life, oh alive, oh
[Verse 2]
And then there came the night of the greatest ever raid
They arrested every drug that had ever been made
They took eighty-two laws through eighty-two doors
And they didn't halt the pull till the cells were all full
[Chorus 1]
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
Come On!
[Verse 3]
They put him in a cell, they said, "You wait here"
You've got the time to count all of your hair
You've got fifteen years, it's mighty long time
You could have been a physicist, but now your name is on the mailbag list
[Chorus 1]
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
'Cause Julie's been working for the drug squad
Come On!
[Chorus 2]
Ten years for you, nineteen for you
And you can get out in twenty-five
That is if you're alive, oh alive
Don't get a life, oh alive, oh
[Outro]
"You're fair
Shouldn't stay alone!"