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Son of a Gun Lyrics by ​cLOUDDEAD

Ten

2004

[Intro]
"Hi mom and dad, uh, I guess my schedule is gonna be something like this for the next seven months or so. I'll start training at Cannon Air Force Base. I'll be going to gunnery school there. I'll be learning how to, oh, shoot and drop bombs from the air I guess. After I finish up at Cannon I'll be reporting to Fairchild Air Force Base."
[Bridge]
Hooray for Fairchild!
Hooray for Fairchild!
Hooray for Fairchild!
Hooray for Fairchild!
[Verse 1]
Dying men keep rifles in cello cases
Known with a beer as the deer eraser
They dress their boys in bright orange
And leave their daughters at home
Stripping meat, stretching skin for their musical men
The makers of guns will never go hungry
May their children always play murder weapon since stick
The makers of guns will never fill up
May their children always play murder weapon
[Verse 2]
Abraham Lincoln never got offed
Because it wasn't on the television...
And that's all he got
Was his foot background in a tourist's shot
And his face framed by those old roman leaves
Dead-center on the front of a five spot
His face framed by those old roman leaves
Dead-center on the front of a five spot
[Bridge]
Abraham Lincoln jumped the gun
Julio Caesar jumped the gun
Emilio Zapata jumped the gun
2Pac and Biggie jumped the gun
Jesu Christo jumped the gun
Malcolm X jumped the gun
Mahatma Gandhi jumped the gun
Joan of Arc jumped the gun
MLK jumped the gun
JFK jumped the gun
G-Dubya might just jump the gun
John Lennon jumped the gun
John Lennon jumped the gun
John Lennon jumped the gun
John Lennon jumped the gun
John Lennon jumped the gun
John Lennon jumped the gun
[Verse 3]
True to the guns and the land mortar
True to the guns and the land mortar
True to the guns and the land mortar
True to the guns and the land mortar
True to the guns and the land mort-
Um, did a little little, um, did a lot
Someone's splitting atoms under flag barbed wire
And up in the sky where the war planes fly
Dead in the clouds, hear the God's cold lie
Um, did a little little, um, did a lot (Stripped sky, st-striped sky)
Someone's splitting atoms under flag barbed wire (Stripped sky, st-striped sky)
And up in the sky where the war planes fly (Stripped sky, st-striped sky)
Dead in the clouds, hear the God's cold lie
Um, did a little little, um, did a lot (Stripped sky, st-striped sky)
Someone's splitting atoms under flag barbed wire
And up in the sky where the war planes fly (Stripped sky, st-striped sky)
Dead in the clouds, hear the God's cold lie
Um, did a little little, um, did a lot (Stripped sky, st-striped sky)
Someone's splitting atoms under flag barbed wire (Stripped sky, st-striped sky)
And up in the sky where the war planes fly (Stripped sky, st-striped sky)
Dead in the clouds, hear the God's cold lie (Stripped sky, st-striped sky)
[Outro]
Stripped sky, st-striped sky
Stripped sky, st-striped sky
Stripped sky, st-striped sky
Stripped sky, st-striped sky
Stripped sky, st-striped sky
Stripped sky, st-striped sky
Credits
​cLOUDDEAD

​cLOUDDEAD

About “Son of a Gun” by ​cLOUDDEAD

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