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Don’t Take Me Alive Lyrics by Betty Buckley

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[Verse 1]
Agents of the law
Luckless pedestrians
I know you're out there
With rage in your eyes and your megaphones
Saying, "All is forgiven
Mad dog, surrender"
How can I answer?
A man of my mind can do anything
[Chorus]
I'm a bookkeeper's son
I don't wanna shoot no one
Well, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive
Got a case of dynamite
I could hold out here all night
Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive
[Verse 2]
Can you hear the evil crowd?
The lies and the laughter
I hear my inside
The mechanized hum of another world
Where no sun is shining
No red light flashing
Here in this darkness
I know what I've done
I know all at once who I am
[Chorus]
I'm a bookkeeper's son
I don't wanna shoot no one
Well, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive
Got a case of dynamite
I could hold out here all night
Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
I'm a bookkeeper's son
I don't wanna shoot no one
Well, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive
Got a case of dynamite
I could hold out here all night
Yes, I crossed my old man back in Oregon
Don't take me alive
Don't take me alive

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"Don’t Take Me Alive" is credited to Betty Buckley. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Don’t Take Me Alive" appears on "Hope".

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