Gaslight Anthem, The - I'da Called You Woody, Joe Lyrics






I was crawling around in my head in the haze of a trance
Rico said, "I'ma turn you onto a sound, cool out your head
This is the sound from Camden town."

And then I heard it like a shot from my skull to my brain
I felt my fingertips tingle and it started to rain
When the walls of my bedroom were tremblin' around me
This ramshackle voice over attack of a blues beat
Tellin' me "He's only looking for fun"

And this was the sound of the very last gang in town
As heard by my wild young heart like directions on a cold dark night
Sayin' "Let it out, let it out, let it out
You're doin' all right."

And I heard it in his chain gang soul
How it wasn't just the same sad song
Sayin' "Let it out, let it out, let it out
You're doin' all right."

And I carried these songs like a comfort wherever I'd go
And they was there when my summers was high
And there when she left me alone.
Saying, "the soul is hard to find"

And I never got to tell him so I just wrote it down
I wrapped a couple chords around it and I let it come out
When the walls of my bedroom trembled around me
This ramshackle voice over attack of a blues beat
And a girl, on the excitement gang

And this was the sound of the very last gang in town
As heard by my wild young heart like directions on a cold dark night
Sayin', "Let it out, let it out, let it out
You're doin' all right."

And I heard it in his chain gang soul
How it wasn't just the same sad song
Sayin', "Let it out, let it out, let it out
You're doin' all right."

That was the sound
I hear the sound
Do you hear the sound?
I hear the sound
Of the very last gang in town





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  1. M.... N....

    12 years old, still one of my favourite punksongs.

  2. V.... G....

    Bloody great💪🏼

  3. J.... P....

    Skate 2 brought me here, Gaslight kept me here.

  4. O.... ....

    Skate 2

  5. M.... R....

    benny jared

  6. M.... R....

    gracias brent shaun

  7. M.... R....

    te amo jenifer saludos bryan ya sabes trabajo demasiado saludos caleb matew hared gracias

  8. K.... A....

    gracia smi bryan

  9. A.... ....

    Mac Demarco at 0:46 ??😂

  10. �.... 7....

    gracias bryan

  11. T.... L....

    Woooooo, I was the one millionth view, but I mean.. I’ve watched this probably 100 other times 🤣

  12. E.... h....

    Here from skate 2

  13. C.... B....

    Raise a toast to Saint Joe Strummer

  14. e.... ....

    who else isnt here from skate 2

  15. M.... P....

    The first song that I could play entirely on my guitar. Awesome

    M.... P....

    Mr. Pussycat is there a tab online somewhere? id love to learn it

    M.... P....

    @epic690sucks yes, for the chords on ultimate guitar, but I taught it myself back then

  16. P.... ....

    Back before Brian was obsessed with writing about fuckin sock hops and soda shops.

  17. J.... W....

    This song has been off the jukebox for 2years at my local watering hole why

    J.... W....

    Jon Walbrandt because you spent thousands on this jukebox to ensure that this song played on a loop, driving the other patrons insane

  18. G.... E....

    thank you bryan

  19. c.... c....

    graciaz bryan

  20. C.... G....

    man, this band was really good back in the day... miss their old stuff... gaslight anthem and the 59 sound by far their best album...

  21. A.... M....

    This band played in my friends garage (ludlow, mass) to about 15 people with the riot before and make do and mend, right when this album came out. Boy did they blow up quick.

  22. E.... S....

    KE HONGO BRYAN

  23. S.... S....

    gracias empanada

  24. A.... S....

    chimi chimi ya

  25. R.... H....

    Wow

    Sad

  26. C.... H....

    Skate 3 brought me here

  27. E.... A....

    Pure genius

  28. J.... E....

    What album is this in?

    J.... E....

    sink or swim

  29. B.... ....

    Great song, but the video looks like a high school production (probably intentionally crude)

  30. D.... H....

    Fucking love this band.... love the live footage clips in the vid

  31. L.... M....

    I dont like having to come to youtube to listen to this

    L.... M....

    You could actually purchase it. I know, crazy idea.

  32. I.... B....

    skate 2 memories

    I.... B....

    I broke my Skate 2):

    I.... B....

    funny i actually heard this first on skate it when it was a game for iphone

  33. v.... ....

    It was on Spotify and now it's gone!!! This is one of my favorite songs!

  34. I.... G....

    skate 2 nuff said

    I.... G....

    +IAM GENISIS (IAMGENISIS) so many hours (weeks) of my life i spent listening to this song while i played that game. i think i'll have to re-purchase it.

    I.... G....

    That's not a bad idea buddy... fuck it i'm grabbing my keys this minute and i'm off to GAME to purchase skate 2 again!

    I.... G....

    Goon Mosh same here so many memories of playing the game to this for hours on a sunny summer afternoon

    I.... G....

    Joe Strummer...nuff said.

    I.... G....

    I didn't even notice it in skate 2 ??!

  35. t.... ....

    What album is this on? Not on spotify :(

    t.... ....

    I dont get it, the b-sides is on spotify and sink or swim is not

    t.... ....

    it was they took it off

    t.... ....

    theubermensche1 yeh the whole album isn't on

    t.... ....

    theubermensche1 it is now.

  36. d.... f....

    I'm like a full on trap and EDM lover but I'm seriously thinking about this song for my part.

  37. H.... P....

    I used to go to the skate-park and hear songs like this every where... now its just rap and hip hop... whats happened to the world

    H.... P....

    +Fierce Deity Wolf Link nick cave sang about rape and murder, johnny cash wrote "i shot a man in reno just to watch him die" and yet we give them leeway, why not give the same courtesy to NWA or public enemy or dre?

    H.... P....

    @adam​​ fucking chill its my opinion I personally like public enemy. and NWA

    H.... P....

    +Fierce Deity Wolf Link again but it makes your original comment seem completely short sighted

    H.... P....

    @adam whatever man

    H.... P....

    +adam I think Alex was referring to the shit that gets passed off as rap nowadays (lil yachty, lil uzi, migos, future etc.)... basically just shit turn up music with mumbling lyrics drowned in autotune. It barely resembles real rap (non phixion, tupac, big L, Kendrick etc.)

  38. M.... ....

    this is a lucky random find but its kickn

  39. R.... S....

    Brian wrote this song in honor of Joe Strummer, I sing and listen to it in honor of Brian and I carry his songs like a comfort wherever I go.

    R.... S....

    +Runawayto Sam'sTown goddamn joe strummer was the shit RIP. #comagirl

  40. F.... G....

    great band

  41. T.... ....

    Can't believe this song is 8 years old already

    T.... ....

    please don't.

  42. L.... B....

    don't know why but I now laugh a little when it plays into the fast lyrical verses, I never used too

    L.... B....

    +dolour thts a good thing :)

    L.... B....

    +maxmercz i thought so, have you heard their song "Boxer"? love that one

  43. J.... M....

    SKATE 2 Best song with Collerbone and Showdown and Return to Blood Beach

  44. J.... ....

    i skate to this song it is bad ass

    J.... ....

    Right on! I do too

    J.... ....

    Same here bud

  45. a.... ....

    alguien puede decirme de que trata esta cancion??

  46. R.... G....

    This song turned me on to a sound from Camden town that cooled my head. Then I heard like a shot from my skull to my brain and I decided the Gaslight Anthem was the best band ever. 

    R.... G....

    The Clash.

  47. C.... M....

    RIP Joe Strummer. I miss you every bit as much as Brian does.

    C.... M....

    Brian Fallon, the lead singer, wrote this song as a dedication to Joe Strummer, frontman of legendary punk band the Clash, who went by the name Woody while he was still a hippie folk singer, before he went punk. He died a peaceful death years later of an undiagnosed heart problem in his sleep.

    C.... M....

    Yes, sadly, very few know this, most of them relate this to a video game, or some show, any way, Love ya Joe, miss ya.

  48. I.... P....

    Usually I'm listening to rap but damn this song got me off the hook when I heard it. Well done.

    I.... P....

    I approve of you

  49. C.... B....

    I've heard this song all of my life. Me and my older brother used to spend our summers together alone because my parents were always working. He listened to punk all the time and got me into it at a very early age. I loved this song when I was little and I have heard it almost everywhere I've been since. It's really cool to be able to hear this song again and kinda remind me of what punk is about and how I got into it. Which is basically the same way described in this song. I still enjoy punk to this day for more reasons than I can count, one of those reasons being this song.

  50. K.... L....

    Until I saw a lyrics video for this, I thought this was a song about a mad scientist turning people into sound. I was a little babby when I first heard it.

  51. M.... A....

    Miss the old stuff so much bring back your old sound!

  52. r.... f....

    i feel as tho these guys would be awesome in person like that they would just befriend random ass ppl just bc. also i kinda think the gap between the 2 front teeth of the drummer is super sexy

  53. r.... ....

    my second favorite band made a song about my favorite band! :D

  54. B.... S....

    fak u fagit

  55. B.... S....

    Motivation song <3

  56. B.... ....

    Got it from skate 2 love this song

  57. S.... H....

    Love this tune so much.

  58. M.... ....

    oh wow!!! loveeeeee it!

  59. C.... M....

    youtube to mp3 is legal and easy to use

  60. a.... o....

    Fucking LOVE this song

  61. A.... ....

    No, It was just so terrible we're trying to forget it.

  62. M.... ....

    Skate it came out before skate 2.Does the platform it was on make it somehow not part of the series?

  63. A.... L....

    1:15.. is that the Harlem Shake?!

  64. x.... ....

    UGH I cant even handle how awesome these dudes are!! I love these guys!

  65. E.... J....

    I love the references to Coma Girl, among others. RIP Joe.

  66. L.... S....

    HAUHAUHAUHAUHAU' danger, this guys are the gang SUR 13 AHAUHAUHAUH' good band!

  67. B.... W....

    Just buy every album they have made. I promise you won't regret it!

  68. E.... L....

    Impossible to find a legal paid download of this in the UK :(

  69. s.... ....

    Yeah, Old Joe change a lot of lives back in the day, including mine.

  70. j.... ....

    22nd December 2002. Ten years have skirted by. The legacy lives on.

  71. p.... ....

    Today it's 10 years ago Joe Strummer died.. Rest in Peace, Joe

  72. n.... ....

    0:53 Benny is wearing a shirt and suddenly... it's gone.

  73. B.... ....

    Love Skate It, Love Skate and Skate3 I have both but I never got Skate2 I want to now lol. I heard that Skate2 is really good. (Skate and Skate3 were good what else is there to say, the series is all good)

  74. R.... ....

    the song is from skate 2, for real fans of the series.

  75. t.... w....

    I have been in love with this band for 5 years and i force them upon all my friends, perfect drinking music

  76. V.... H....

    and all my friends say.....Hey heyy turn- oh wait wrong song!

  77. A.... I....

    great song but worst video ever..

  78. C.... M....

    This song makes me happy in a sad way. :|

  79. B.... ....

    Finally! A Skate It fan!

  80. B.... ....

    Heard it first from Skate It

  81. r.... ....

    CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THESE GUYS LIVE TOMORROW. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  82. N.... ....

    i will never forget when i first heard this song. this band has forever changed my life <3

  83. F.... V....

    good stuff!! lot's of beers, lot's of Jack and lot's of Marley kicking off the vibe...and after blasting this song on the street, lots of nice girlies looking for the party. Gracias Gaslight, for helping kick off this party!!!!

  84. D.... B....

    The Horrible Crowes is Brian's side project with his guitar tech. So, no, he did not sing as a guest; he is the singer.

  85. L.... D....

    I dont understand the relationship between The Horrible Crows.... I got an album, and he sings, but then I got super confused when multiple bands were on their website for clothing. Did he guest sing or something?

  86. L.... D....

    I am SO excited, concert coming soon to NJ, I am going. I bet my friend that in a year TGA will be famous to all people that like this genre. wish me luck in a year!!

  87. T.... J....

    The title makes this sound like a hillbilly banjo sing

  88. c.... ....

    This band and this just never get old. Rock n' Roll at it's finest this century.

  89. C.... A....

    Why did i just watch an entire 3 and a half minute ad on Urethane Cement Flooring

  90. D.... L....

    I know its awesome that they stuck with him all this time. Shows a difference between TGA and other bands today.

  91. T.... ....

    u mean the world but i got the joke haha

  92. p.... b....

    This is the sound of the very best band in town

  93. D.... L....

    i cant believe this same director made the handwritten video

  94. (.... �....

    What happened on December 22nd 2002?

  95. A.... S....

    this song did not deserve a band aid brand comercial in the beggining BECAUSE THIS SONG IS JUST TOO GOOD!!!!!

  96. G.... Z....

    This comment forced me to use Google, and I discovered that it was the day that a guy I've never heard of died. Now I wish I had known of him when he was alive.

  97. V.... V....

    I really hope this is the main reason why you love your boyfriend! You only need this one!

  98. i.... ....

    damn, i forgot