New London is Burning lyric vid from 001

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New London is Burning lyric vid from 001

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I always thought the line was "does the universal cop have a beat."

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I always heard it as “punk” but cop would have made sense for sure. Does a clock actually beat?

I love this lyric though. Baby flak jackets on the merry go round is such an evocative and prescient line.

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Low Down Low wrote:
01 Jul 2018, 3:40pm
I love this lyric though. Baby flak jackets on the merry go round is such an evocative and prescient line.
BRILLIANT line.

... I also thought the final bit was "too many cars in this damn town." :disshame: :disshame: :disshame:

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