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жанры: punk, punk rock, rock, british, classic rock, 80s
The Card Cheat
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The Clash
жанры: punk, punk rock, rock, british, classic rock, 80s
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(Strummer/Jones) There's a solitary man crying, "Hold me." It's only because he's a-lonely If the keeper of time runs slowly He won't be alive for long! If he only had time to tell of all of the things he planned With a card up his sleeve, what would he achieve? It means nothing! From the opium den and the barroom gin And the Belmont chair playing violins The gambler's face cracks into a grin As he lays down the king of spades But the dealer just stares There's something wrong here, he thinks The gambler is seized and forced to his knees And shot dead He only wanted more time Away from the darkest door But his luck it gave in As the dawn light crept in And he lay on the floor From the Hundred Year War to the Crimea With the lance and the musket and the Roman spear To all of the men who have stood with no fear In the service of the King Before you met your fate be sure you Did not forsake your lover May not be around anymore (Slower) There's a solitary man crying, "Hold me." It's only because he's a-lonely If the keeper of time runs slowly He won't be alive for long
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К началу 80-х в родной Великобритании Clash по популярности почти не знали конкурентов, уступая разве что The Jam. Баловни судьбы, они могли гордиться сразу двумя исключительно талантливыми композиторами в составе - Джо Страммером (Joe Strummer) и Миком Джонсом (Mick Jones), каждый из которых обладал уникальным стилем и голосом. Они не ограничивались рамками традиционного панк-рока, втягивая... подробнее
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