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Giving Up The Gun lyrics
Your swords grown old and rusty
Burnt beneath the rising sun
Its locked up like a trophy
Forgetting all the things its done
And though its been a long time
Youre right back where you started from
I see it in your eyes
That now youre giving up the gun
When I was 17
I had wrists like steel
And I felt complete
And now my body fades
Behind a brass charade
And Im obsolete
But if the chance remained
To see those better days
Id cut the cannons down
My ears are blown to bits
From all the rifle hits
But I still crave that sound
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I heard you play guitar
Down at a seedy bar
Where skinheads used to fight
Your Tokugawa smile
And your garbage style
Used to save the night
You felt the coming wave
Told me wed all be brave
You said you wouldnt flinch
But in the years that passed
Since I saw you last
You havent moved an inch
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I see you shine in your way
Go on, go on, go on
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Part of these releases
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- Track 8 on Contra
- 7 Cousins
- 9 Diplomat's Sun
- 9 Diplomat's Son
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- Track 8 on Contra: Special Edition
- 7 Cousins
- 9 Diplomat's Son
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- Track 1 on Giving Up the Gun
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- Track 19 on Weeemix
- 18 Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Black Dominoes remix)
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