The Clash: "Wrong ‘Em Boyo" / Stagger Lee etc.
October 14th, 2007 by mrshl
I love this song, but I confess I’ve never noticed the lyrics are actually a variant of the Stagger Lee mythology. That’s kind of embarrassing, because they say the name right there in the song. Reading the lyrics, it’s pretty clear this is the familiar story of Stagger Lee, the man who shot his friend [...]