Freddys Store Lyrics by Jim Caroll

Freddys Store Lyrics

    I'm walking uptown
    I hear a most peculiar sound
    Like a seashell in my ear
    Like the ocean was near
    I go inside this store
    To get my head clear

    Once i'm inside the air is fresh as [a lie?]
    You are greeted by a civil servant
    She is dressed in beads
    She jots down your needs
    And casually recedes

    Look around
    Take the elevator down
    Take it down
    Once you reach downstairs
    They take special care of you
    You cannot believe what you see
    You know guns to stop time
    Laid out in a line
    445's to uzi-3's

    A man comes up in a uniform
    He says, you were just who we were looking for
    You heard the sound
    Let me show you around
    This place is big as some small towns

    We got every gun beneath the sun
    And the same for heavy munitions
    We got the space to train
    But we don't know you'll learn
    But now take the time, just look around

    Look around
    Feel the water rushing down
    Rushing down

    Refrain:
    But you better get ready
    If you're going to freddy's
    If you're going to freddy's store
    You can lose or win
    You can sink or swim
    But you don't know where or what for

    But you better get ready
    If you're going to freddy's
    If you're going to freddy's store
    It's not exactly hell,
    It's more like bechtel
    They got only one item to sell

    There's a booth for dressing
    Also used for confession
    There's a jesuit on call here
    Twenty-four hours a day
    He can guide you to pray
    To waylay your modern guilt and fear
    You live by the sword, you die, etcetera
    And the same goes for an m-15

    But what the hell
    When freddy rings that bell
    Just make certain that your weapon is clean
    And pointing down,
    Down to the ground

    Can you live in the tropics?
    Can you fight on the sand?
    Have you compunctions to function
    In a far off land?
    Can you kill a despot in an african nation?
    Can you bite the pill
    If the operation don't go down?
    Down, if it don't go down

    And there's a galley [. . . ?]
    [. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ?]
    We don't distinguish left or ust don't ask about behind that door

    You can stand on the corner
    You can do the jerk
    You can go to the disco
    You can go berserk
    But there are plenty of generals
    And plenty of shahs
    Who drive a coupe deville after the coup de etat

    It's up to you,
    You got one chance to score
    Everybody gets a little piece of war
    Just don't ask about behind that door
    Hit the ground, get down
    It's coming down
    The door is coming down

    Repeat refrain

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