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Machine Gun Man Lyrics
Tell me what a young man Mama
What's he got to live for
Tossed in the shuffle of everyday war
Searchin' for some trouble
Which I'm sure he will find
Spend your whole life fightin' son
Meet your dyin' time
It's a shame
It's a shame Lord
The trigger be his only friend
It's a shame, oh yeh
But it ain't never gonna end
(No That’s right)
He's a pocketful of hate
That don't give a damn
What fate awaits
The machine gun man?
Well, he ain't got no future
And he ain't got no plan
What fate awaits
The machine gun man?
I can't see tomorrow
And I don't see today
Trail of confusion done leadin' my way
They say the only thing worth killin' Lord
Be killin' time
I say the only soul worth savin' now Mama be a
Resavin' mine
It's a shame
It's a shame
The trigger be his only friend
It's a shame, oh yeh
But it ain't never gonna end
He's a pocketful of hate
That don't give a damn
What fate awaits…
The machine gun man?
Well, he ain't got no future
And he ain't got no plan
What fate awaits…
The machine gun man?
He keeps shootin' oh mama like any old fool would do
Lord, the life he be leadin' ain't the one he has to choose
As he walks on out that door
Mama breaks down to cry
Oh as she waves the machien gun man
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye...
He's a pocketful of hate
That don't give a damn
What fate awaits…
The machine gun man?
Well, he ain't got no future
And he ain't got no plan
What fate awaits…
The machine gun man?
The machine..yah..gun man
The machine gun man…
What's he got to live for
Tossed in the shuffle of everyday war
Searchin' for some trouble
Which I'm sure he will find
Spend your whole life fightin' son
Meet your dyin' time
It's a shame Lord
The trigger be his only friend
It's a shame, oh yeh
But it ain't never gonna end
(No That’s right)
He's a pocketful of hate
That don't give a damn
What fate awaits
The machine gun man?
And he ain't got no plan
What fate awaits
The machine gun man?
And I don't see today
Trail of confusion done leadin' my way
They say the only thing worth killin' Lord
Be killin' time
I say the only soul worth savin' now Mama be a
Resavin' mine
It's a shame
The trigger be his only friend
It's a shame, oh yeh
But it ain't never gonna end
He's a pocketful of hate
That don't give a damn
What fate awaits…
The machine gun man?
And he ain't got no plan
What fate awaits…
The machine gun man?
Lord, the life he be leadin' ain't the one he has to choose
As he walks on out that door
Mama breaks down to cry
Oh as she waves the machien gun man
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye...
That don't give a damn
What fate awaits…
The machine gun man?
And he ain't got no plan
What fate awaits…
The machine gun man?
The machine..yah..gun man
The machine gun man…
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Submitted by
metalrican101 On Mar 30, 2006
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I think this is about a soldier going off to war and debating wether the murder in war is justifiable (They say the only thing worth killin' Lord Be killin' time say the only soul worth savin' now Mama be a Resavin' mine) then he becomes brainwashed and numb towards it all (He's a pocketful of hate That don't give a damn What fate awaits…The machine gun man?) It's a good look at wether or not drafting is against a persons right to moral boundary.
I think this is about a soldier going off to war and debating wether the murder in war is justifiable (They say the only thing worth killin' Lord Be killin' time say the only soul worth savin' now Mama be a Resavin' mine) then he becomes brainwashed and numb towards it all (He's a pocketful of hate That don't give a damn What fate awaits…The machine gun man?) It's a good look at wether or not drafting is against a persons right to moral boundary.
As he walks on out that door Mama breaks down to cry
Those two lines picture a young man going away to fight for his country, with his mom at home worrying.