Suchergebnisse
Suchergebnisse:
5. Okt. 2015 · Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises California Is Drowning and I Live Down by the River · Swamp Dogg I'm Not Selling Out / I'm Buying In! (Digitally Remastered) ℗...
- 4 Min.
- 232
- Swamp Dogg - Topic
[Chorus] The ice age is coming, the sun's zoomin' in. Engines stop running, the wheat is growin' thin. A nuclear error, but I have no fear. 'Cause London is drowning, and I, I live by...
Engines stop running, but I have no fear. 'Cause London is drowning, and I live by the river. London calling to the imitation zone. Forget it brother, you can go it alone. London calling to the zombies of death. Quit holding out, and draw another breath. London calling, and I don't wanna shout.
The line "London is drowning / And I live by the river" comes from concerns that if the River Thames flooded, most of central London would drown, something that led to the construction of the Thames Barrier.
- 7 December 1979
- August–September 1979, November 1979 at Wessex Studios
13. Okt. 2013 · The line "London is drowning and I live by the river" came from a saying in England that if the Thames river ever flooded, all of London would be underwater. Joe Strummer was living by the river, but in a high-rise apartment, so he would have been OK.
[Chorus] The ice age is coming, the sun's zoomin' in. Meltdown expected, the wheat is growin' thin. Engines stop running, but I have no fear. Cause London is drownin', I, live by the...
London calling, see we ain't got no swing. Except for the ring of the truncheon thing. The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in. Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin. Engines stop running, but I have no fear. 'Cause London is drowning. I live by the river. London calling to the imitation zone. Forget it, brother, you can go it alone.
