Lost in the Supermarket | A song by The Clash, 1979

The Clash, 1978

I’m all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
I came in here for the special offer
Guaranteed personality

I wasn’t born, so much as I fell out
Nobody seemed to notice me
We had a hedge back home in the suburb
Over which I never could see
I heard the people who live on the ceiling
Scream and fight, most scarily
Hearing that noise was my first ever feelin’
That’s how it’s been, all around me

I’m all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
I came in here for the special offer
A guaranteed personality

I’m all tuned in, I see all the programmes
I save coupons from packets of tea
I’ve got my giant hit discotheque album
I empty a bottle, I feel a bit free
Kids in the halls and the pipes in the walls
Making noises for company
Long-distance callers make long-distance calls
And the silence makes me lonely

I’m all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
I came in here for the special offer
A guaranteed personality

And it’s not here
It disappeared

I’m all lost in the supermarket
I can no longer shop happily
I came in here for the special offer
Guaranteed personality

The Clash

The Clash – Lost in the Supermarket – 1979

Written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones and features Jones on lead vocals. Topper Headon used a tom-tom drum on the song after seeing Taj Mahal‘s drummer doing the same thing in a concert the night before the recording. It was released on their third studio album, London Calling.