Why don't I know you from when I was younger?
In a song I remember
That was sung by Joe Strummer
And across the ocean
Gathering motion
The bassline hits the ground
Barre Samad was my sound
And I remember days
When we would play
Radio ballet
Radio ballet
Ringing on Sundays
The sound systems bang
To the song it sang
In Hammersmith Palace
I heard the pipes begin
The tuba chord then rang
On Radio Ballet
A shot ripped through country
And stopped at MGP
A sound system banger
Upon Jamaican Standard
That kept its feet in the midnight
And kicked its way out to daylight
So don't lose yourself thinking
That your ship is still sinking
And I remember days
When we would play
Radio ballet
Radio ballet
Ringing on Sundays
The sound systems bang
To the song it sang
In Hammersmith Palace
I heard the pipes begin
The tuba chord then rang
On Radio Ballet
The record spins
And the crowd thins
Cause nobody wants to hear a song
But where it's been
It will begin
So push the needle along
Then we start talking
The first year and walking
To charge up a soundboard
And play out our records
So don't give me no story
Of past wins and glory
Cause when we're playing back it's rhyming
And the guitar is charming
And I remember days
When we would play
Radio ballet
Radio ballet
Ringing on Sundays
The sound systems bang
To the song it sang
In Hammersmith Palace
I heard the pipes begin
The tuba chord then rang
On Radio Ballet