Machine Gun Baby

Meriwether

She’s a machine gun
Watch her as she walks by
It’s never been seen or done
She’s got machine gun eyes

She has seen many come and go
She has seen empires fall
But I am the one she won’t let go
I am the one she calls
Machine gun baby won’t you maybe take me for a while

I was the bad son
I am the middle guy
I am to blame for what’s been done
I should just crawl up and die

I just now realized she’s got machine gun eyes
Please come and take me down
She’s like the horoscope that I don’t wanna know
Please smile and say you’re mine

And if your body was the white house
I’d have the continental breakfast and the tour
If she is heaven, I am hell ‘cause I’m a seven I can tell that she wants so much more


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    You know what they say, write what you know. (: I agree with everything everyone else said, it appears to be about a beautiful girl who has been with a lot of guys, and he feels as though he doesn't compare to her.

    machinegunnikkion June 23, 2008   Link

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