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BAD COMPANY

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Bad Company

Artist: Bad Company

Song: Bad Company

Company always on the run

Destiny is a rising sun, oh

I was born, six gun in my hand

Behind a gun, I'll make my final stand

That's why they call me

Bad Company, but I can't deny

Bad Company, 'til the day I die

'Til the day I die, 'til the day I die

Rebel souls, deserters we are called

Chose a gun, and threw away the sun

Now these towns, they all know our name

Six gun sound is our claim to fame

I can hear them say, Bad Company, and I won't deny

Bad Company, 'til the day I die

'Til the day I die

Bad Company, I can't deny

Bad Company, 'til the day I die

And I said, Bad Company, oh yeah yeah

Bad Company, 'til the day I die

'Cause I'm young and I'm free

Oh, but I'm in Bad Company

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Walking on a Thin Line Huey Lewis and the News

Sometimes in my bed at night

I curse the dark and a pray for light

And sometimes, the light's no consolation

Blinded by a memory

Afraid of what it might do to me

And the tears and the sweat only mock my desperation

Don't you know me I'm the boy next door

The one you find so easy to ignore

Is that what I was fighting for?

Walking on a thin line

Straight off the front line

Labeled as freaks loose on the streets of the city

Walking on a thin line

Straight off the front line

Take a look at my face, see what it's doing to me

Taught me how to shoot to kill

A specialist with a deadly skill

A skill I needed to have to be a survivor

It's over now or so they say

Well, sometimes, it don't turn out that way

Cause your never the same when you've been under fire

Don't you know me I'm the boy next door

The one you find so easy to ignore

Is that what I was fighting for?

Walking on a thin line

Straight off the front line

Labeled as freaks loose on the streets of the city

Walking on a thin line

Straight off the front line

Take a look at my face, see what it's doing to me

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"Rooster" by Alice in Chains

Written to honor one of the band members uncles who was a Vietnam Veteran (US Army) .

"Rooster"

Ain't Found A Way To

Kill Me Yet

Eyes Burn With Stinging

Sweat

Seems Every Path Leads Me To

Nowhere

Wife And Kids And Household Pet

Army Green Was No Safe Bet

The Bullets Scream To Me From Somewhere

Here They Come To Snuff The Rooster

Yeah Here Come The Rooster

You Know He Ain't Gonna Die

Walkin' Tall Machine Gun Man

They Spit On Me In My Homeland

Gloria Sent Me Pictures

Of My Boy

Got My Pills 'Gainst

Mosquito Death

My Buddy's Breathin'

His Dyin' Breath

Oh God Please Won't You Help

Me Make It Through

JK

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Blues Traveler

The Gunfighter

Words by J. Popper

Music by C. Kinchla

I'm taken aback

But still I let it ride

No sudden movements

I ease my hand real slow

Then my hands are like lightning

And the bullets start to fly

I was almost in the clear too

With just inches left to go

And if it's the fool who likes to rush in

And if it's the angel who never does try

And if it's me who will lose or win

Then I'll make my best guess and I won't care why

C'mon and get me you twist of fate

I'm standing right here Mr. Destiny

If you want to talk well then I'll relate

If you don't so what cause you don't scare me

Time comes when I'm older

And a new kid hits the street

They'll say he's fast and he looks for me

And he says I'm going down

And though I try to avoid this man

Eventually we'll meet

He draws faster than I can see and knocks me to the ground

And if it's the fool who likes to rush in

And if it's the angel who never does try

And if it's me who will lose or win

Then I'll make my best guess and I won't care why

C'mon and get me you twist of fate

I'm standing right here Mr. Destiny

If you want to talk well then I'll relate

If you don't so what cause you don't scare me

So I'm lying in the street there

And the lights are getting dim

Preacher comes and tells me

Repent it's time to pray

You can lose only just once

But you never always win

I smile at him with my last words

And this is what I'll say

Well if it's the fool who likes to rush in

And if it's the angel who never does try

And if it's me who will lose or win

Then I'll make my best guess and I won't care why

C'mon and get me you twist of fate

I'm standing right here Mr. Destiny

If you want to talk well then I'll relate

If you don't so what cause you don't scare me

C'mon and get me you twist of fate

I'm standing right here Mr. Destiny

If you want to talk well then I'll relate

If you don't so what cause you don't scare me

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Last gunfighter ballad

Guy Clark

The old gunfighter on the porch

stared into the sun

and relived the days of living by the gun

when deadly games of pride were played

and living was mistakes not made

and the thought of the smell of the black powder smoke

and the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

Ah, the smell of the black powder smoke

and the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

It's always keep your back to the sun

and he can almost feel the weight of the gun

it's faster than snakes or the blink of an eye

and it's a time for all slow men to die

and his eyes get squinty and his fingers twitch

and he empties the gun at the son of a bitch

and he's hit by the smell of the black powder smoke

and the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

hit by the smell of the black powder smoke

and the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

Now the burn of a bullet is only a scar

he's back in his chair in front of the bar

and the streets are empty and the blood's all dried

and the dead are dust and the whiskey's inside

so buy him a drink and lend him an ear

he's nobody's fool and the only one here

who remembers the smell of the black powder smoke

and the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

remember the smell of the black powder smoke

and the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

He said I stood in that street before it was paved

learned shoot or be shot before I could shave

and I did it all for the money and fame

noble was nothing but feeling no shame

and nothing was sacred but stayin' alive

and all that I learned from a Colt 45

was to curse the smell of the black powder smoke

and the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

curse the smell of the black powder smoke

and the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

Now he's just an old man that no one believes

says he's a gunfighter, the last of the breed

and there are ghosts in the street seeking revenge

calling him out to the lunatic fringe

now he's out in the traffic checking the sun

and he's killed by a car as he goes for his gun

So much for the smell of the black powder smoke

and the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

so much for the smell of the black powder smoke

and the stand in the street at the turn of a joke

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Ghost Riders in the Sky -- Sons of the Pioneers

+1 The song has been covered by everyone

Johny Cash -

(my favorite)

Spiderbait -

(used in the movie)

The Outlaws - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2vyn4lDokU

Dick Dale - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpofNygITVc

Concrete Blonde -

Hell ever Burl Ives coverred it - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2vyn4lDokU

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Tommy Shaw - "Girls With Guns"

I'll tell you now

And I won't tell you twice

Where when and how

I got some bad advice

I never thought I could handle

A girl with guns

And let me tell you

You can bet that I'm not the only one

Stand tall, don't think small

Don't get your back against the wall

Shoot straight, I can't wait

Aim for the heart and fire away

I've come around

I understand today

And she's the target now

I'm gonna have my way

I always heard

Don't go messing with a girl with guns

She don't need you

She couldn't love you

She couldn't be any fun

Stand tall, don't think small

Don't get your back against the wall

Shoot straight, I can't wait

Aim for the heart and fire away

An innocent bystander

Who forgets to look both ways

Who never tries to understand her

Won't feel the heat 'til it's too late

Stand tall, don't think small

Don't get your back against the wall

Shoot straight, I can't wait

Aim for the heart and fire away

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