Clash, The - Stay Free Lyrics

A Peerless Song about Camaraderie.

We met when we were in school
Never took no shit from no one, we weren't fools
The teacher says we're dumb
We're only having fun
We piss on everyone
In the classroom

When we got thrown out I left without much fuss
An' weekends we'd go dancing
Down Streatham on the bus
You always made me laugh

Got me in bad fights
Play me pool all night
Smokin' menthol

I practiced daily in my room
You were down the crown planning your next move
Go on a nicking spree
Hit the wrong guy
Each of you get three
Years in Brixton

I did my very best to write
How was butlins?
Were the screws too tight?
When you lot get out
Were gonna hit the town
We'll burn it fuckin' down
To a cinder

'Cause years have passed and things have changed
And I move anyway I want to go
I'll never forget the feeling I got
When I heard that you'd got home
An' I'll never forget the smile on my face
'Cause I knew where you would be
An' if you're in the crown tonight
Have a drink on me
But go easy...step lightly...stay free

I'm streaming this online

sounds like the beatles

Sounds so much like the jam or some shit Paul weller would sing

116 wankers

the Greatest band ever.

💫💫💫

Great song, i remember going to the Rainbow theater to see the clash, no ticket, skint, but you did when your fourteen, and at the side of the rainbow theater Joe strummer and mick jones where throwing out tickets from the toilet windows. they knew that the skint gang would be there
so we could go and see them! nice guys!

coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook guzel

Brings a tear to my eye everytime...shut up😂

It's not a song.
IT'S A HYMN

Their best album before they became too commercial . Topper was the man.

Très bon tout ça !

Fuck the clash they suck, change name too the trash. Fuck Alah too bitches.

New movie of Clash!

I pissed on a screw in Risley 7 days down the chokey it was well worth it he was standing under my window and was bored . That was back in 84 STAY FREE LIKE I HAVE GOT OUT IN 91 JAIL IS NO GOOD ITS YA FAMILY WHO GETS PUNISHED.

Stay Free is on the SHORT short list of songs for if I were ever told I could only hear ONE more song in my life. It's gotten me through the best and worst of times. There's always those couple of lads, though, that this song never fails to reminds you of. Some, you wonder where they are now, and some, you wish they were still here, if nothing else, so you could wonder where they are.....

Stay free - always. Met the boys in MCR before the gig (Apollo with slits, that's another story) and walked away with a signed copy of the album. Nice guys, nice times.

who the fuck put dislike????
the song of my lifeeee

How does it sound at 1.25

I often feel like burning the town fucking down to a cinder.

22/12/18.... still the best

rompepistas.

Poetry 🤫

Funny how this masterpiece gets lost between the first album and London Calling, I bought this when I was 15yrs old and still believe it’s one of the best albums I’ve ever heard......
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Speed 1.25 its cool!😎

Unless you are English & possibly from London I would say it was impossible to fully get the lyrics of this song!

I'm actually here for fun people lol

Lovvvvvve this song

we met when we were in school
never took no shit from no one, we weren't fools
the teacher says we're dumb
we're only having fun
we piss on everyone
in the classroom

when we got thrown out i left without much fuss
an' weekends we'd go dancing
down streatham on the bus
you always made me laugh

got me in bad fights
play me pool all night
smokin' menthol

i practised daily in my room
you were down the crown planning your next move
go on a nicking spree
hit the wrong guy
each of you get three
years in brixton

i did my very best to write
how was butlins?
were the screws too tight?
when you lot get out
were gonna hit the town
we'll burn it fuckin' down
to a cinder

cos years have passed and things have changed
and i move anyway i wanna go
i'll never forget the feeling i got
when i heard that you'd got home
an' i'll never forget the smile on my face
'cos i knew where you would be
an' if you're in the crown tonight
have a drink on me
but go easy...step lightly...stay free

One of the greatest outros in punk history

Happy Birthday today(June 26) to Mick Jones. Cheers!

This was a song from mick jones about his youth and a mate how got locked up
Listen to the song and yoi will all realise what its about

coolest shit!!!!!!

fuck offffffffffffffff

I love Nicole forever and ever!!!

O meef to here the song...the edsmanfitzgerard

Smoukin Menffol!!!

One of the best album's of all time.

why does his voice remind me of John Lennon in the late Beatles years?

"Well we got thrown out and left without much fuss..."

Each of you get threeeeee, years in Brixton.

len and company

aja nosi la nokia

One of the best songs ever .

💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

I went to a ton of Clash shows in New York. Always stood mashed against the stage. Just about at every show there was a cute little blonde girl, smashed against the stage with us. She would always yell for the band to play "Stay Free." They never did. Then years later at one show at the Pier, once again that cute little blonde girl was there. I was smashed next to her....and the band played "Stay Free." We looked at each other, smiled so wide, jumped up and down, and went crazy dancing to the song.

best band ever awesome

best punkband ever!

jimmy åhrman *the only band that matters*

Brixton fraggle rock yeehaa

Viva Fun People!

Music like this is still being made in 2017!! Bands such as HeadAche are keeping the spirit of The Clash alive. Search up 'Trepidation' by HeadAche.. real DIY punk rock!!

like si llegaste acá por fun people

Fuss fights and pool...the clash...take your breath away this mob...never bettered

This is as good as it gets.

RIP JV my friend,,,, you always used to say to me when we bumped into each other threw out the years ,,, Bomb! Stay free 🌹

who put a thumbs down..lets guess the uneducated 😁

Listened to this as a kid, now 45 n still get tingles listening to pure class

68 dislikers sling it your already dead

i did my very best to write.. How was butlins, were the screws too tight?

puse que n me gusta kporque estaba el número 66, pero the Clash,,,, muchas gracias, en parte estoy vivo por vos

The teacher say's we're done, we're only havin' fun you know we'd piss on everyone in the classroom ......... Classic

Mick's masterpiece part. This song represents pure nostalgia, sense of freedom and do what you want to do. Thank you Clash for this great tune.

I used to bunk off school and go to Streatham on the bus with my free school bus pass!! Happy days!!

This reminds me so much of me and my friend in school, the only two in the class who didn't give a damn about good grades. It was only a year ago, but I'd give everything I own to go back then, even for just a day.

Anyone remember in the movie Rude Boy starring Ray Gange when he is watching them play this song? If not go check it out, it is an amazing movie.

Best of country song ! I love it

I want this played at my funeral. this is a beautiful song and mick, oh mick is a beautiful person. the late 70s mick is the most beautiful thing ever. but now back to the song. it's great. it's so beautiful and the intro is amazing.

que hermoso tema

Can't stop listening to this awesome song!!

The biggest discovery I made about the clash was when I realized Mick Jones was in the band.

Play "Stay Free"

"Stay Free"

we met when we were in school
never took no shit from no one, we weren't fools
the teacher says we're dumb
we're only having fun
we piss on everyone
in the classroom

when we got thrown out i left without much fuss
an' weekends we'd go dancing
down streatham on the bus
you always made me laugh

got me in bad fights
play me pool all night
smokin' menthol

i practised daily in my room
you were down the crown planning your next move
go on a nicking spree
hit the wrong guy
each of you get three
years in brixton

i did my very best to write
how was butlins?
were the screws too tight?
when you lot get out
were gonna hit the town
we'll burn it fuckin' down
to a cinder

cos years have passed and things have changed
and i move anyway i wanna go
i'll never forget the feeling i got
when i heard that you'd got home
an' i'll never forget the smile on my face
'cos i knew where you would be
an' if you're in the crown tonight
have a drink on me
but go easy...step lightly...stay free

I CAN'T BELIEVE NO ONE POST THE LYRICS YET.

when you hear this song then you realize what a shit today' music.this is song forever.STAY FREE!!!

You either die too young or get to play this song whenever you think about that childhood friend who died.

RIP TK, you always were free

The best anthem ever for alienated kids  - nearly forgot about how good the Clash were  until I heard White man in Hammersmith Palais on T2Trainspotting ......Stay Free was one of my favourite songs, and still is....Cause years have passed and things have changed
And I move anyway I want to go
I'll never forget the feeling I got
When I heard that you'd got home.............Go easy, step lightly, Stay Freelove it

Love it !!

STAY FREE!!!!

My favorite song. Good lyrics, good melody, and a perfect ending.

why the hell do 54 people dislike this :[

52 "people" like the Offspring

My experience with The Clash has been like this: I only knew Rock the Casbah and Should I Stay Or Should I Go. Then, I fell in love with all The Clash(Album). Give 'Em Enough Rope was too different for me. London Calling was like listening to OK Computer, I knew from the first song it was gonna be life changing. Sandista is still growing on me and Combat Rock is Combat Rock. I still change favorite songs every few months, and have been for the last 3 years. Stay Free is probably their best song though. We'll see in a few months.

Great that people still finding The Clash today......xx

I wish I could pick a favorite album. I feel like Give Em Enough Rope is my all time favorite. But then I listen to the debut album. Then I listen to London Calling, which was my introduction. Then, I realize how much I love Sandinista, and how many hours of suicide-inducing commutes it got me through. And then I realize how beautiful of a song Death Is A Star is, and how much I love Combat Rock.

Super Black Market Clash is also a feast of a sonic journey. As is From Here To Eternity.

Fuck me I love the Clash.

They were still going when I first bought the 1977 first album 'the clash' when I was age 13, and am still here 34 years later, good choice!

a sometimes forgotten Clash classic. Genuinely gives me goosebumps at the "step lightly" bit!

I love that part! "Step light. . .ly. . ." Great stuff.

still love this song...great band. Saw in 1980 at Capital Theatre, Sydney. 17yr of age, that same year also the ramones..same venue, fond memories

Gary Barlow did you tell them you were the person he was singing about and get a free drink?

Smokin' menthol ... :)

STAY FREE !!!

excelente buen ruido the clash libre al fin!!!

excelente buen ruido the clash libre al fin!!!

piss all over the dislikes

nothing more than a pop song album filler

reminds me of my best mate from high school

"Uhh, hello this is Ned schneebly".

right? lol

Thank you omg was trying to figure out what movie I had heard this song in!!!

that bass tho

So in touch with this record. Streatham, Tulse Hill, Brixton, West Norwood. My manor The Clash 19 in 77 I still count my blessings to have lived during a time England was producing the best music on the planet.

Same here grew up in the area

definitely

hello this is ned schneebly

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