Lyrics to
Safe European Home

This version of Safe European Home was released by The Clash in 1978.

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well, i just got back an’ i wish i never leave now
who dat martian arrival at the airport?
how many local dollars for a local anaesthetic?
the johnny on the corner was a very sympathetic

i went to the place where every white face is an
invitation to robbery
an’ sitting here in my safe european home
i don’t wanna go back there again

wasn’t i lucky n’ wouldn’t it be loverly?
send us all cards, an’ have a laying in on a sunday
i was there for two weeks, so how come i never tell
that natty dread drinks at the sheraton hotel?

now they got the sun, an’ they got the palm trees
they got the weed, an’ they got the taxis
whoa, the harder they come, n’ the home of ol’ bluebeat
yes i’d stay an’ be a tourist but i can’t take the gunplay

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About Lyrics and Safe European Home by The Clash

The lyrics for Safe European Home are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1978 song by The Clash. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Safe European Home have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Safe European Home - The Clash and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Safe European Home by The Clash in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Safe European Home" means the words set to the music of Safe European Home, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Clash. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Safe European Home and the lyrics to Safe European Home are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Clash who came here looking just for the lyrics to Safe European Home, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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