I was crawling through a festival way out west
I was thinking about love and the acid test
But first I got real dizzy with a real rocking gang
Then I saw the Coma Girl and the excitement gang

And the rain came in from the wide blue yonder
Through all the stages I wandered

Coma Girl and the excitement gang
Mona Lisa on the motorcycle gang
Coma Girl
Coma Girl
Coma Girl was beating with the Oil Drum gang
Some fast food fanatic was burning down the burger van
Somebody was wailing off their head
Nobody was ripping the teen scene dead

And the rain came in from the wide blue yonder
I thought you and me might wander
Chorus

As the nineteenth hour was falling upon Desolation Row
Some outlaw band had the last drop on the go
Let's siphon up some gas let's get this show on the road
Said the Coma Girl to the excitement gang

Into action everybody sprang
The oil drums were beating out dulang dulang

Coma Girl and the excitement gang
Mona Lisa on the motorcycle gang
Coma Girl
Coma Girl

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Bucks Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Joe Strummer, Paul Slattery, Scott Shields, Simon Stafford, MARTIN SLATTERY, MARTIN PAUL SLATTERY

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Dario Lotti

3y↑24

I was crawling through a festival way out west
I was thinking about love and the acid test
But first I got real dizzy with a real rocking gang
Then I saw the Coma Girl and the excitement gang

And the rain came in from the wide blue yonder
Through all the stages I wandered

Coma Girl and the excitement gang
Mona Lisa on the motorcycle gang
Coma Girl
Coma Girl
Coma Girl was beating with the Oil Drum gang
Some fast food fanatic was burning down the burger van
Somebody was wailing off their head
Nobody was ripping the teen scene dead

And the rain came in from the wide blue yonder
I thought you and me might wander
Chorus

As the 19th hour was falling upon Desolation Row
Some outlaw band had the last drop on the go
Let's siphon up some gas let's get this show on the road
Said the Coma Girl to the excitement gang

Into action everybody sprang
The oil drums were beating out dulang dulang

Coma Girl and the excitement gang
Mona Lisa on the motorcycle gang
Coma Girl
Coma Girl

LES Infernales

2y↑1

I was crawling through a festival way out west
I was thinking about love and the acid test
But first I got real dizzy with a real rocking gang
Then I saw the Coma Girl and the excitement gang

And the rain came in from the wide blue yonder
Through all the stages I wandered

Coma Girl and the excitement gang
Mona Lisa on the motorcycle gang
Coma Girl
Coma Girl
Coma Girl was beating with the Oil Drum gang
Some fast food fanatic was burning down the burger van
Somebody was wailing off their head
Nobody was ripping the teen scene dead

And the rain came in from the wide blue yonder
I thought you and me might wander
Chorus

As the 19th hour was falling upon Desolation Row
Some outlaw band had the last drop on the go
Let's siphon up some gas let's get this show on the road
Said the Coma Girl to the excitement gang

Into action everybody sprang
The oil drums were beating out dulang dulang

Coma Girl and the excitement gang
Mona Lisa on the motorcycle gang
Coma Girl
Coma Girl

All comments from YouTube:

S C

5y↑221

I miss so much.... I was five months pregnant with my son when Joe died - my boys middle name is Strummer x

Ashley Mellor

5w↑1

Joe lives on forever he is a legend that never ever dies. I love him

Joe Public

19w

That is just fricken awesome. ❤️

dougiehorn80

30w↑1

My little boy who is 6 now is Elliot Strummer

Lil Dre

Joe Morella

2y↑1

Love that you did that.

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pop gun

5y↑60

What makes Joe's death even sadder to me is that I think he was really on top of his game again. His is the voice of Rock and Roll.

Ashley Mellor

He is a legend that lives on forever. I love him

Simon Edwards

26w

@Shawarma Boy THEY offered over a million dollars to tour again,,,,and TURNED IT DOWN,,, FACT,,,,, JUST AS MICK WAS PUTTING BAD TOGETHER,,,,

Ashley Mellor

pop gun Yes so sad

Shawarma Boy

@Randy Burbach I'm not saying they were motivated by money. That's literally the OPPOSITE of what I said.

Randy Burbach

5y↑5

+Dzeimz Mingow nnope, it was 100% true. Jones verified it. Money was never their main motivation

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Arthur Smilios

12y↑17

Joe changed my life. I saw The Clash when I was a boy and it affected me the way few things have. I was also fortunate enough to see his final New York show. He is missed every day. If success is measured by the positive impact one makes on the world, then few rival Joe.

J.B. Beverley

7y↑64

The world will never be the same without Joe Strummer. One of the greatest ever.. Period.

Ashley Mellor

J.B. Beverley yes sad

Jim Schultz

The world will never be the same because of Joe Strummer...

Randy Burbach

Wrong...exclamation point

Jord Bruce

1y↑13

Joe is the reason I play a telecaster

Eric

7y↑47

One of the few rock icons that I would've even cared to have met. Joe always came off as being honest and humble. Great song.

Thomas Claus

just like bruce!

Ashley Mellor

Mark Bugler Omg lucky you I love him

Ashley Mellor

3y↑1

Eric M Yes I was told that Joe was down to earth and humble

Eric

6y↑1

+Mark Bugler Cool, man. I still can't believe he's gone. Your lucky to have met him. I wish I had the chance.

Mark Bugler

6y↑5

met the man twice.he bent over backwards for the fans.posed for a photo with me,signed ticket,had a chat.sound man.missed.

Dario Lotti

3y↑24

I was crawling through a festival way out west
I was thinking about love and the acid test
But first I got real dizzy with a real rocking gang
Then I saw the Coma Girl and the excitement gang

And the rain came in from the wide blue yonder
Through all the stages I wandered

Coma Girl and the excitement gang
Mona Lisa on the motorcycle gang
Coma Girl
Coma Girl
Coma Girl was beating with the Oil Drum gang
Some fast food fanatic was burning down the burger van
Somebody was wailing off their head
Nobody was ripping the teen scene dead

And the rain came in from the wide blue yonder
I thought you and me might wander
Chorus

As the 19th hour was falling upon Desolation Row
Some outlaw band had the last drop on the go
Let's siphon up some gas let's get this show on the road
Said the Coma Girl to the excitement gang

Into action everybody sprang
The oil drums were beating out dulang dulang

Coma Girl and the excitement gang
Mona Lisa on the motorcycle gang
Coma Girl
Coma Girl

bedlam6666

7y↑17

Clash's first song in America, at the Paladium, NYC, Feb 1979, "I'm So Bored In The USA." Was there. I am still weepy.

Lucille

8y↑26

I'm a 15 year old girl and I absoultely love Joe Strummer and The Clash. He was a musical genius and it's so upsetting that I'll never get the honour of seeing him live. My dad saw The Clash twice and I treasure his stories of their shows. R.I.P Joe.

Ashley Mellor

I love Joe Strummer he means everything to me. I never saw Joe live either and I am in my thirties. I love his voice and music.

Jeremy Bennett

3y↑1

Lucille congrats on turning 20!

PunkRock131

I wasn't alive in the 70s or 80s but Strummer has been an unending source of inspiration to me, without him I never would have picked up a guitar and started the career I'm in today, or the great people I've come to know through his and other punk artists' music. He has pretty much influenced my whole life. R.I.P. Mr. Strummer, you fantastic human being.

Rob DePolo

2y↑18

There is a small old theater in my area that has a large mural of Strummer painted on a lobby wall.

Charlie Del Buono

7y↑10

Che la terra ti sia lieve grande Joe

CT41990

13y

RIP Joe Strummer. We all miss you. You are still influential today!

Jonathan

8y↑1

Thank you Joe Strummer for paving the way! I'm not sure what I would be listening to today if it wasn't for Joe and others alike. RiP You're a true innovator

Charlotte Allum

6y↑10

the clash the beatles for my generation

TheAlonism

9y↑5

RIP Joe, you're missed every day when we turn on the radio... Everyone trying to be just like you and don't even know it!

Gelucio Oliveira

16w↑2

Obrigado Joe Strummer!!Você vive em cada um de nós!!Let's go!!!!!

RapidMC15

4y↑8

What to say? Had made some of the greatest music ever.

Daren Redman

6y↑17

It's a damn shame he's no longer around....we could use a Joe these days.

Ashley Mellor

Legends never ever die the live on forever. Joe lives on

andymac29

5y↑13

R.I.P Joe sadly missed

zi paris

4y↑1

Good song.

El Burrito

11y

The first record I ever bought was The Clash. I was 10 years old and had some change left over from a coat my mom sent to get off layaway. I had 8 bucks. I always walked into the record store and just stared at this record. All army green with 3 of the coolest guys I ever saw. So I got the record and told my mom that I must of lost the money. I went into my room and put on the record. I've been hooked since I first heard Complete Control. RIP Joe! Thank you.

alissact80

12y↑2

he was just incredible ... if none of you have seen "let's rock again" it'll touch your heart. nobody was ever so humble.

Ashley Mellor

I really love Joe his music and voice so much. He means everything to me Joe is a legend that lives on forever. He never ever dies.

Amy Allgeier

4y↑7

Joe will always be loved and missed.

Ashley Mellor

Amy Allgeier Yes always

acidfilth2007

12y↑1

I really miss you joe you'll always be my hero

Will White

4y↑4

His best post Clash record. So sad it was his last.

Ismael Calegari

I`m from Argentina. Never met Joe, but he is the greatest musician I ever heard. Thank you Joe, hope that you are there having fun with Joey, Jhonny, Dee Dee and Cash

andola jackson

3y↑3

I honestly have to thank jason adams for using this song in his bag of suck part. If he hadnt i would have never looked up joe strummer or been able to connect him to the clash. This song and that part have stuck with me for 10 years and counting. I do favor this over the clash personally. If i never looked into it, i would have never been able to pay my respects

brack909

12y↑3

Thank you so much Hellcat Records for posting all this Strummer stuff. x

girlsix79

10y↑2

8 years and still we miss you like the first day...thank you Joe, in our hearts you'll never die

Bill Hay

3y↑5

I totally love his melodic chant at 3:10

Mike Hunt

10w

59 dislikes that I will never understand why, this song is so hard not to love.

pablo emilio cabrera

7y↑8

Un genio Joe Strummer un poeta un verdadero rocker 100% auténtico

rockosur

46w

Grande Joe.

Jacinta Montecinos

7y↑1

Era el mejor, así de simple <3

chad haynes

26w↑1

pure genius

DeTijd

his voice is so addicting

Alison Clark

6y↑11

Brings tears to my eyes....just so brilliant

Steven Van Heemst

Joe Strummer was awesome ,what a singer,writer and man..

Lesley Valencia

4y↑10

I shed tears, he was so amazing

Ashley Mellor

CANDY W I know

xo Sunshine Abbey

the world was a better place when he was in it ~ he left one helluva a legacy...rest in peace x

dualityofmen22

He touched mine as well without ever meeting him, but through his lyrics and music. Been raised off Joe Strummer since birth, glory of having punk rockin parents. An official product of punk rock from the 80s

Allison O'Reilly

12y↑2

this has been one of my favorite songs for the longest time.

CHRISTPUNCHER

8y↑3

One of my all time favorite LPs

Stephanie Sadie

11y↑1

Still miss Joe <3 R.I.P xxxx

9thaspect9

1 Dislike? Theres always one who hasnt got a clue about music from the heart

TheSonOfSammyTerry

5y↑5

this is such a great song. I miss you Joe

DarkLuxio

12y↑2

The song that got me into the Mescaleros. About his daughter, i believe. RIP Joe you will live forever. Xx

Kishanna Conan Doyle

4y↑3

We miss you so much..!!

Seth Clark

6y↑8

One of the first artists if not the first artist my father educated me in when I was small.

Thiago Moraes

you are so lucky,god bless you father!!

jimmy wenzel

5y↑1

You have a great dad there my friend

LES Infernales

2y↑1

I was crawling through a festival way out west
I was thinking about love and the acid test
But first I got real dizzy with a real rocking gang
Then I saw the Coma Girl and the excitement gang

And the rain came in from the wide blue yonder
Through all the stages I wandered

Coma Girl and the excitement gang
Mona Lisa on the motorcycle gang
Coma Girl
Coma Girl
Coma Girl was beating with the Oil Drum gang
Some fast food fanatic was burning down the burger van
Somebody was wailing off their head
Nobody was ripping the teen scene dead

And the rain came in from the wide blue yonder
I thought you and me might wander
Chorus

As the 19th hour was falling upon Desolation Row
Some outlaw band had the last drop on the go
Let's siphon up some gas let's get this show on the road
Said the Coma Girl to the excitement gang

Into action everybody sprang
The oil drums were beating out dulang dulang

Coma Girl and the excitement gang
Mona Lisa on the motorcycle gang
Coma Girl
Coma Girl

mikron

2y↑1

What made Joe such a great music/lyric creator was how skilled he was at facilitating collaborative work. He let others do their thing and encouraged them and brought out the best in them. That's a wonderful legacy.

RA WER

10y

Do Lang Do Lang Do Lang, Hes so fine

Francisco Carrera

7y↑2

Another brilliance sample. What a song. Great lyrics (as always) and a sticky changing melody. We all miss Joe Strummer for ever, a great loss for the music world. Just great.

Joe Caswell

2y↑2

I truly miss Joe...this song brings a tear to my eye...truly one of the best songwriters to ever live, his lyrics make me feel like a teenager again in the best possible way

EastWolf 91

4y↑3

Just had a way about him in which he made it all seem so simple. Guess that's what makes up a genius and true talent. The way they make it look so easy. Joe is one of the few. He reminds me every time I hear one of his songs that the everyday shouldn't be just that. It should be more important right now , this moment than ever before because it truly is . RIP JOE

Thiago Moraes

Joe's fingerprint,The Clash and Mescaleros were amazing and Joe is an eternal light that will never disappear!!

Larz Gustafsson

4y↑2

Fantastic tune.

TheySeeYou7

Go for it, dude. I'm at a library in a town i'm moving out of next week. If anything, your shenanigans will get traced back to you and you'll have to take it up with the city of Wichita. Have fun!

David Renthlei

49w↑2

I wanna sing like this where you hear the last cigarette along with the melody

フレッチャー

10y

Miss you Joe Hope you're up there jamming with Marley and Cash

tarndr

10y

God of Punkrock !

Hister333

11y

I been listening to a lot of Joe Strummer tonight, and Mick Jones, and all I can hear is something missing when they're apart.

thewinnster1

just gets better every listen a brilliant song by a true god a true legend a true gentleman

Christopher Neill

A true rock hero.

Eliot Wien

10w

I'm looking forward to March 26, 2021 release of "ASSEMBLY" by Joe Strummer on George Harrison's Dark Horse Label. It will be released on a limited Red Vinyl on the Joe Strummer website. There will also be a Black vinyl and CD version. This album will include "COMA GIRL" and his best album cuts, singles, B-sides, Live Clash Songs and more! I truly believe that Joe would of been proud to be on George Harrison's Dark Horse Label!

Stevie Bunch

52w↑2

How Fresh This Still Sounds 💯🎸🎙

goochusmaximus

12y

awesome song FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

ThePunkerica

OMG I always cry on this song. It' just so beautiful.

Sara Hunt

7y↑2

happy birthday joe!!

Random Musings

10y

My first experience with Strummer's music was the Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack; haven't looked back since.

zimzimbar

Mona bo-dee mo mona bo-day...doolang doolang" Rock 'n' roll doesn't get any better than this! Magic Brilliant Fantastic!!!!

Ashley Mellor

3y↑2

Awwww sad such a wonderful beautiful talented amazing soul legends live on and never ever die. I love him

Tuzotonic

Joe showed us how to make music and live life with dignity and pride. He never sacrificed what he believed in to sell out. He is a true hero. We need people like Joe Strummer now more than ever. Thanks for the music...RIP!

dualityofmen22

8y↑2

Always since I was a kid wishin I met dude. Influence! And the thought I always remember "Everytime you're down and out, remember man, you're alive"

James Williams

2y↑3

I'll be 50 this year. There are few tunes I can play over and over. This is one of them.

Nick Pinkney

11y↑3

This song still brings a tear to my eye. It was that christmas i bought that single. THANKYOU JOE x

Lyle Miller

40w

Into action every body sprang, We all drummed to a beating of,do lang do lang, when 2 people wanted to be together normalcy

HOW TO PUNK

5y↑1

me through the entire video "I wanna see Joe not the girl!! Ugh" LOL smh

Edi Rošič

9y↑2

The best comment I've read mate!!!

lyle miller

Then I saw the coma girl the excitement beganthinking about love and the test,into action everynody sprang they sll started beating to do lang do lang,she brings me back

GorillaTaxtiX

11y

Junkelectron, You might be interested to look up Joe Strummer and Johnny Cash - Redemption Song. it was amazing.

Lady Stardust

4y↑1

love you Joe,always have always will...xxxxx

Liam H

Gone but never forgotten

Resist Fight Back

3y↑2

Miss you man <3

leandrosuero

12y

i second that, man

Maddie

I can't believe how long it's been. RIP Joe Strummer!

YaroSz.

6y↑5

Joe Strummer, wł. John Graham Mellog., voc., ur.21.08.1952 r. świętuje dzisiaj swoje urodziny z aniołami w niebie a nam pozostało wsłuchiwać się w jego twórczość. (RiP)

Ezequiel Acevedo

3y↑1

Qué buen tema lptm

Rafael Tavares

Amazing.

andymac29

Never forgotten LEGEND

andymac29

Never forgotten LEGEND

PhillipDean Beasley

8y↑1

love his songs performances and arrangements

bert lancaster

11y

GOD BLESS :)

Rodolfo Iturra Villalobos

Strummer 🖤

Rosario-Re- Lok

13y

beautiful!

Tatiana Ramirez

13y

lindo!! el viejo Joe!!!

Mark Rowe

Salutations Joe Strummer . . . from the Excitement gang . . .

Stefan Weiske

5y↑1

oi! from CANADA. I miss u sooo much. one of the greatest ever!!!!

RobV Jak

great song. used to play this song this song on my daughter's mom's belly when she was pregnant. she used to kick every time. I soon learned that this song was about Joe's own daughter coming of age. what a beautiful song. long live Strummer STREETCORE POR VIDA!!

Pino Miraglia

34w

This song is one of the Best joe strummer songs after the years of the history band the clash , i got the cd album joe strummer and the mescaleros , togheter they did new songs ,album and tornee , live , concert , Play new songs and old songs of The Clash , joe strummer and mescaleros .