[Verse 1]
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It was a dark day in Dallas, November '63
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A day that will live on in infamy
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President Kennedy was a-ridin' high
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Good day to be livin' and a good day to die
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Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
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He said, "Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?"
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"Of course we do, we know who you are"
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Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
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Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
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Was a matter of timing and the timing was right
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You got unpaid debts, we've come to collect
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We're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
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We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
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We've already got someone here to take your place
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The day they blew out the brains of the king
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Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing
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It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise
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Right there in front of everyone's eyes
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Greatest magic trick ever under the sun
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Perfectly executed, skillfully done
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Wolfman, oh Wolfman, oh Wolfman, howl
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Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul
[Verse 2]
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Hush, little children, you'll understand
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The Beatles are comin', they're gonna hold your hand
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Slide down the banister, go get your coat
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Ferry 'cross the Mersey and go for the throat
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There's three bums comin' all dressed in rags
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Pick up the pieces and lower the flags
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I'm goin' to Woodstock, it's the Aquarian Age
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Then I'll go over to Altamont and sit near the stage
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Put your head out the window, let the good times roll
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There's a party going on behind the Grassy Knoll
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Stack up the bricks, pour the cement of the harmonic rhythm and play a C chord
C F against the piano's change to F]
Don't say Dallas don't love you, Mr. President
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Put your foot in the tank and then step on the gas
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Try to make it to the triple underpass
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Blackface singer, whiteface clown
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Better not show your faces after the sun goes down
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Up in the red light district, they've got cop on the beat
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Living in a nightmare on Elm Street
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When you're down on Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoe
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Don't ask what your country can do for you
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Cash on the barrelhead, money to burn
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Dealey Plaza, make a left-hand turn
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I'm going down to the crossroads, gonna flag a ride
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The place where faith, hope, and charity died
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Shoot him while he runs, boy, shoot him while you can
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See if you can shoot the invisible man
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Goodbye, Charlie, goodbye, Uncle Sam
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Frankly, Miss Scarlett, I don't give a damn
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What is the truth, and where did it go?
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Ask Oswald and Ruby, they oughta know
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"Shut your mouth," said a wise old owl
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Business is business, and it's a murder most foul
[Verse 3]
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Tommy, can you hear me? I'm the Acid Queen
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I'm riding in a long, black Lincoln limousine
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Ridin' in the back seat next to my wife
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Headed straight on in to the afterlife
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I'm leaning to the left, I got my head in her lap
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Hold on, I've been led into some kind of a trap
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Where we ask no quarter, and no quarter do we give
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We're right down the street, from the street where you live
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They mutilated his body and they took out his brain
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What more could they do? They piled on the pain
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But his soul was not there where it was supposed to be at
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For the last fifty years they've been searchin' for that
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Freedom, oh freedom, freedom over me
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I hate to tell you, mister, but only dead men are free
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Send me some lovin', then tell me no lie
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Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by
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Wake up, little Susie, let's go for a drive
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Cross the Trinity River, let's keep hope alive
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Turn the radio on, don't touch the dials
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Parkland Hospital, only six more miles
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You got me dizzy, Miss Lizzy, you filled me with lead
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That magic bullet of yours has gone to my head
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I'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline
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Never shot anyone from in front or behind
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I've blood in my eye, got blood in my ear
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I'm never gonna make it to the new frontier
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Zapruder's film I seen night before
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Seen it thirty-three times, maybe more
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It's vile and deceitful, it's cruel and it's mean
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Ugliest thing that you ever have seen
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They killed him once and they killed him twice
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Killed him like a human sacrifice
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The day that they killed him, someone said to me, "Son
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The age of the Antichrist has just only begun"
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Air Force One comin' in through the gate
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Johnson sworn in at 2:38
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Let me know when you decide to throw in the towel
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It is what it is, and it's murder most foul
[Verse 4]
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What's new, pussycat? What'd I say?
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I said the soul of a nation been torn away
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And it's beginning to go into a slow decay
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And that it's thirty-six hours past Judgment Day
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Wolfman Jack, he's speaking in tongues
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He's going on and on at the top of his lungs
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Play me a song, Mr. Wolfman Jack
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Play it for me in my long Cadillac
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Play me that "Only the Good Die Young"
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Take me to the place Tom Dooley was hung
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Play "St. James Infirmary" and the Court of King James
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If you want to remember, you better write down the names
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Play Etta James, too, play "I'd Rather Go Blind"
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Play it for the man with the telepathic mind
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Play John Lee Hooker, play "Scratch My Back"
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Play it for that strip club owner named Jack
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Guitar Slim going down slow
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Play it for me and for Marilyn Monroe
[Verse 5]
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Play "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
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Play it for the First Lady, she ain't feeling any good
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Play Don Henley, play Glenn Frey
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Take it to the limit and let it go by
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Play it for Carl Wilson, too
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Looking far, far away down Gower Avenue
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Play "Tragedy", play "Twilight Time"
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Take me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime
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Play another one and "Another One Bites the Dust"
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Play "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In God We Trust"
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Ride the pink horse down that long, lonesome road
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Stand there and wait for his head to explode
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Play "Mystery Train" for Mr. Mystery
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The man who fell down dead like a rootless tree
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Play it for the reverend, play it for the pastor
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Play it for the dog that got no master
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Play Oscar Peterson, play Stan Getz
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Play "Blue Sky," play Dickey Betts
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Play Art Pepper, Thelonious Monk
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Charlie Parker and all that junk
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All that junk and "All That Jazz"
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Play something for the Birdman of Alcatraz
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Play Buster Keaton, play Harold Lloyd
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Play Bugsy Siegel, play Pretty Boy Floyd
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Play the numbers, play the odds
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Play "Cry Me a River" for the Lord of the gods
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Play Number nine, play Number six
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Play it for Lindsey and Stevie Nicks
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Play Nat King Cole, play "Nature Boy"
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Play "Down in the Boondocks" for Terry Malloy
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Play "It Happened One Night" and "One Night of Sin"
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There's twelve million souls that are listening in
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Play "Merchant of Venice", play "Merchants of Death"
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Play "Stella by Starlight" for Lady Macbeth
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Don't worry, Mr. President, help's on the way is established, sortof
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Your brothers are comin', there'll be hell to pay to mess it up again;
C F the chords no longer follow
Brothers? What brothers? What's this about hell? the established pattern]
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Tell them, "We're waiting, keep coming," we'll get them as well
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Love Field is where his plane touched down
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But it never did get back up off the ground
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Was a hard act to follow, second to none
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They killed him on the altar of the rising sun
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Play "Misty" for me and "That Old Devil Moon"
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Play "Anything Goes" and "Memphis in June"
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Play "Lonely at the Top" and "Lonely Are the Brave"
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Play it for Houdini spinning around in his grave
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Play Jelly Roll Morton, play "Lucille"
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Play "Deep in a Dream", and play "Driving Wheel"
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Play "Moonlight Sonata" in F-sharp
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And "A Key to the Highway" for the king on the harp
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Play "Marching Through Georgia" and "Dumbarton's Drums"
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Play "Darkness" and death will come when it comes
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Play "Love Me or Leave Me" by the great Bud Powell
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Play "The Blood-Stained Banner", play "Murder Most Foul"
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