Complete Control lyrics
by The Clash



They said release "Remote Control"

But we didn't want it on the label

They said fly to Amsterdam

The people laughed, the press went mad



Ooh ooh ooh Someone's really smart

Ooh ooh ooh Complete control - ha! - that's a laugh



On the last tour my mates couldn't get in

I'd open up the back door but they'd get run out again

At every hotel we was met by the law

Come for the party -- come to make sure!



Ooh ooh ooh Have we done something wrong?

Ooh ooh ooh Complete control even over this song!



They said we'd be artistically free

When we signed that bit of paper

They meant, "Let's make a lotta money!

An' worry about it later."



Ooh ooh ooh I'll never understand

Ooh ooh ooh Complete control - lemme see your other hand!



I don't trust you

Why should you trust me?

Huh?



All over the news spread fast

They're dirty they're filthy

They ain't ever gonna last



This is Joe Public speaking

I'm controlled in the body

I'm controlled in the mind

This is the punk rockers



Total C-O-N control