Translation of Atom Tan by The Clash

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Now the corporations stopped
- Stopped pushing fast food
Been a multiple shooting
- Downtown at the bank
Reluctantly the panic
- Begins to catch fire
But it did not affect
- The steady sale of junk

The state office looked
- It looked like Hollywood
With make-up bleeding
- All over the cracks
Whoa, he blew his lines
- Facing the cameras
He suffered the first
- All live heart attack

Oh, you've caught an even atom tan

The motor-cyanide
- Cyanide suicide
He finally found
- The brick wall in his life
Shining up his engine
- He dressed right up for it
At the top of the speedo
- He crumpled the bike

There's plenty people runnin'
- Runnin' for cover
Hoping at best
- To hold off all the rest
Once last stand
- At the bunker fire
Machine gun
- And pitchfork at breast

Oh, you've caught an even atom tan

But it isn't so easy
- So easy for lovers
Chained in love stained
- At the top of the tower
The pink hearse is leaving
- At funeral speed
Driving your heart
- Away with the flowers

All night I waited
- I waited for a horseman
And his ever faithful
- His Indian friend
I'm not the only one
- Of the caped crusader fan club
Watching the sky
- For mankind's prayers

Oh, you've caught an even atom tan



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Translate to:

Now the corporations stopped
- Stopped pushing fast food
Been a multiple shooting
- Downtown at the bank
Reluctantly the panic
- Begins to catch fire
But it did not affect
- The steady sale of junk

The state office looked
- It looked like Hollywood
With make-up bleeding
- All over the cracks
Whoa, he blew his lines
- Facing the cameras
He suffered the first
- All live heart attack

Oh, you've caught an even atom tan

The motor-cyanide
- Cyanide suicide
He finally found
- The brick wall in his life
Shining up his engine
- He dressed right up for it
At the top of the speedo
- He crumpled the bike

There's plenty people runnin'
- Runnin' for cover
Hoping at best
- To hold off all the rest
Once last stand
- At the bunker fire
Machine gun
- And pitchfork at breast

Oh, you've caught an even atom tan

But it isn't so easy
- So easy for lovers
Chained in love stained
- At the top of the tower
The pink hearse is leaving
- At funeral speed
Driving your heart
- Away with the flowers

All night I waited
- I waited for a horseman
And his ever faithful
- His Indian friend
I'm not the only one
- Of the caped crusader fan club
Watching the sky
- For mankind's prayers

Oh, you've caught an even atom tan



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