’ve got something I want to tell you (tell me!)
I’ve got something I wanna I wanna tell you (tell me!)

Back in 1978 I was digging through every wooden crate
Old vinyl, old ‘78’s, 45’s, 33’s
To find what could reach me
I got something I wanna tell you
Are you with me now?
I’ve got something
That I want to tell you

Everything I’ve known, everything I’ve known
Came down from my old record collection
Strummer and Jones, well, Strummer and Jones
Paul Simenon and Strummer and Jones
Daddy Rolling Stone by Steve Marriott
Phil Lynott. Strummer and Jones

Anyway, I wanna tell you

When I was a kid, I had everything I didn’t keep hid
Everything I needed needed needed like this
I went from the first Velvets to the first Modern Lovers
To the second Stooges, Big Star and Alex Chilton now
I learned everything that I needed from an old record bin

Complete Control, white label, Philly Soul
I learned everything I had to learn
That I was young, I admit
There were moments I had my doubts
Where I was going to
I learned everything I had to learn from
An old ’78.

(what??)

I had everything I learned (3X) from….
Well, into the vinyl soul
And Strummer and Jones

Manchester now!

Mark E Smith and The Fall
Taught me everything,
That was all
Slates, Slags and States
And the 45 and the 78 now
45 and the 78 now
Up to Glasgow
Take it—Glasgow soul now!

Orange Juice, Josef K and Edwyn Collins
Taking me through
I learned everything I had to learn
From record bins
Strummer and Jones
Swear I couldn’t get it from
Strummer and Jones

And General Johnson too
Give me just a little more time