The Clash - Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad

The Clash - Give'em Enough Rope - track n° 4 Julie's Been Working For The Drug Squad

IT'S LUCY IN THE SKY AND ALL KINDS OF
APPLE PIE
SHE GIGGLES AT THE SCREEN 'COS IT LOOKS SO GREEN
THERE'S CARPETS ON THE PAVEMENTS
AND FEATHERS IN HER EYE
BUT SOONER OR LATER, HER NEW FRIENDS WILL REALISE
THAT JULIE'S BEEN WORKING FOR THE DRUG SQUAD

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 (HI, MAN...)
BUT THERE'S SOMEONE LOOKING DOWN
FROM THAT MOUNTAINSIDE
'COS JULIE'S BEEN WORKING FOR THE DRUG SQUAD
GAMBLE!

AND IT'S TEN YEARS FOR YOU
NINETEEN FOR YOU
AND YOU CAN GET OUT IN TWENTY-FIVE
THAT IS IF YOU'RE STILL ALIVE

AN' 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
'COS JULIE WAS WORKING FOB THE DRUG SQUAD

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
A MIGHTY LONG TIME
YOU COULD HAVE BEEN A PHYSICIST
BUT NOW YOUR NAME IS ON THE MAILBAG LIST
JULIE'S BEEN WORKING FOR THE DRUG SQUAD

GAMBLE!

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[hbk2115]

its called julie been working for the drug squad

[85Madhatter]

@hbk2115 you're right!

It was the name of the mp3 that was wrong. I didn't notice it till now! thanks

[meltz911]

'they arrested every drug that had ever been made'

Maybe the best lyric ever?

[landscapecadmonkey]

C'mon guys...the clash had depth about their lyrics, do your research.

Operation Julie screwed many young people with heavy sentences for silly possession amounts. google 'Operation Julie'

as usual 'the man' has been screwin' youth for a long long time.........

[kildare97]

@neutroniumamp Fuck the sex pistols!

They had an alright album which was DESTROYED by the clashs debut

[mentalackack]

GUMBO!!!

[landscapecadmonkey]

@KalahariSurf I have no doubt it was a success from the authorities perspective (although the fact undercover agents take drugs 'legally' is an ironic reality), but the outcome was draconian sentences for people experimenting at an experimental time of life. That Julie was working for the drug squad is immortalised in the song title, but on closer inspection, the lyrics also lament injustices inherent in the system (apologies to python).

[KalahariSurf]

@landscapecadmonkey Actually Operation Julie resulted in the biggest drugs haul anywhere in the world at the time. It was an operation to stop people making LSD in Wales. The operation was named after one of the female undercover cops. All the undercover cops had to take drugs to keep their covers and that's what inspired Joe to write the song

[bausch13]

Tine bomb

[neutroniumamp]

My first album by The Clash "Give "em enough Rope" They did get their fair share of abuse from The Sex Pistols and a few other hardliner narcissistic punk bands for sounding "too refined, too rehearsed" among other things. But they ignored their detractors and did what came naturally which just happened to include a strong common bond to survive rather than self-implode - complaining complacement lazy sod youth, fuckin' wake up and do something about it. The Clash cared and rocked post punk.

[iwantcompletecontrol]

One of the most underrated Clash songs. Seriously, who ever mentions this song when talking about the Clash?

[DelStrainComedy]

Julies been working for the Drug Sqaud in UK.

[1964chrissie]

The song is about a major drug (LSD) investigation in Wales during the seventies, the police called it "Operation Julie"