Gun Lyrics by John Cale

Gun Lyrics

    Me and my partner we work on the run
    The quick try to get quicker
    And the creepers get hung
    Now it's you that got wasted tonight on the job
    One lost his liquor
    And the other lost his hand

    Ten sticky thumb prints on the door and the sink
    But nothin' saw nothin' - just smell the stink
    Five hundred mugshots and a hundred to one
    Four forgotten and the rest just won't come

    When you've begun to think like a gun
    The rest of the year has already gone
    When you've begun to think like a gun
    The days of the year have suddenly gone

    (well) blood on the windows and blood on the walls
    Blood on the ceiling and down in the halls
    And the papers keep downing on everything i burned
    And the people getting restless but they'll never learn

    I picked up a doctor - he's good with a knife
    Says anaesthetic's a waste of his time
    Works in a hurry but always worthwhile
    Knows they won't be back for a long long time

    Top of the staircase was ready to fall
    We were still waiting downstairs in the hall
    Watch out for big mama, she'll set you on fire
    Or go for your neck with the chicken wire

    When you've begun to think like a gun
    The days of the year have suddenly gone
    Once you've begun to think like a gun
    The days of the year have already gone

    Mother of plenty, mother of none
    You've got me cornered and still on the run
    I don't care nothing about you anyway
    Stuck in this hole i'm on my way

    Yeah when you've begun to live like a gun
    The days of the year have already gone
    When you've begun to think like a gun
    The days of the year have suddenly gone

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