Maximum Firepower Lyrics - Singles - The Nightwatchman

This one's for the shoeshine boy and the farmer in debt 

Each string is barbed wire, each chord is a threat 

This blues guy I met that never had a hit 

Said, You don't gotta be loud, son, to be heavy as shit 

Well, I'm the triggerman, baby, tonight I'll prove 

That this machine here, well, it kills fascists too 

And don't be surprised if the 'Sermon on the Mount' 

The next time is delivered in a little coffee house 

'Cause somebody here's gotta let them know 

I doubt it's me but here I go 

I hit the button, tape started to roll 

Yeah, the song's got fire, it's got no soul 

There's a lonely stretch of blacktop between here and home 

Drop down into the valley, piano playin' in the living room 

When you see the white barn you'll know the journey's through 

My dog's barking in the backseat 'cause he knows it too 

You'll need a fake passport and fix your disguise 

And don't fire, sugar, 'til you see the whites of their eyes 

I turned the other cheek but now I'm through 

The skin you're in makes choices for you 

I was checking off names and I came late to dinner 

Seems the slices of pie keep getting thinner and thinner 

Brothers and sisters, rejoice and repent 

The landlord's dead, you can keep the rent 

You got twelve fine friends but one of 'em's rotten 

There's a hole out back, ain't got no bottom 

Forty days in the wilderness, forty sleepless nights 

I'm confused, half blind and sure I'm right 

There's a lonely stretch of blacktop between here and home 

Drop down into the valley, piano playin' in the living room 

When you see the white barn you'll know the journey's through 

My dog's barking in the backseat 'cause he knows it too 

Officer, please, I won't be long 

Called the radio station, requested this song 

Now I had my doubts about what I knew 

So I turned it up and then it sounded true 

Kiss the ring if the Queen will let you 

But come over the fence and the dogs will get you 

On a rope hung the traitor, on a hook hung the meat 

You and me are missing persons 'til we're counted in the streets 

So seize the time and storm the tower 

And come correct with maximum firepower 

For the sins of the father, the son, he must pay 

The Nightwatchman giveth and he taketh away 

Thought hard about this next line, pretty sure it's true 

If you take a step towards freedom it'll take two steps towards you 

So, mister, I ain't scared and, mister, I ain't worried 

'Cause on that lonely stretch of blacktop I sit as judge and jury 

There's a lonely stretch of blacktop between here and home 

Drop down into the valley, piano playin' in the living room 

When you see the white barn you know the journey's through 

My dog's barking in the backseat 'cause he knows it too 

The clock strikes the hour, tonight we ride 

The clock strikes the hour, tonight we ride 

The clock strikes the hour, tonight we ride 

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