Concrete Jungle

Album: The Specials (1979)
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  • I'm going out tonight
    I don't know if I'll be alright
    Everyone wants to hurt me
    Baby, danger in the city

    I have to carry a knife
    Because there's people threatening my life
    I can't dress just the way I want
    I'm being chased by the national front

    (Concrete jungle) animals are after me
    (Concrete jungle) it ain't safe on the streets
    (Concrete jungle) glad I got my mates with me

    I won't fight for a cause
    I don't want to change the law
    Leave me alone, just leave me alone
    I want to get out on my own

    I'm walking home tonight
    I only walk where there's lots of lights
    In the alleys and the doorways
    Some throw a bottle right in your face

    (Concrete jungle) animals are after me
    (Concrete jungle) it ain't safe on the streets
    (Concrete jungle) glad I got my mates with me

    I'm going out tonight
    I only walk where there's lots of lights
    In the alleys and the doorways
    A broken bottle straight at your face

    I won't fight for a cause
    I don't want to change the law
    Leave me alone, just leave me alone
    I want to get out on my own

    (Concrete jungle) animals are after me
    (Concrete jungle) it ain't safe on the streets
    (Concrete jungle) glad I got my mates with me Writer/s: Roderick James Byers
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Steve from Durham, United Kingdomthis record sums up my entire youth.......i was a skinhead, just looking for trouble.
    new labour seem to think that everything was rosy "in the past"......wot a load ov bollocks.
    my father & uncle were teddyboys in the '50......and they rioted at a bill haley concert in manchester in the late '50s.
    then there was mods & rockers in the '60s.
    then along came the worst troublemakers ov all time..........SKINHEADS.
    .....and this song sums it up brilliantly.
    CONCRETE JUNGLE......still applies today in inner city britain.
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