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Machine Gun Silhouette Lyrics

I wore a shirt one day with a machine gun silhouette
Sportin’ a rainbow clip
Had this gun guy staring at me
Wondering where I got it and he just about flipped over it
I don’t know his name yeah but just the same
He buys a literal mountain of death
And I lost 5 or 6 bidding wars against him
Yeah, Until I had no money left
I said, Until I had no money left
Yeah, Until I had no money left, Oh

I don’t want you getting hurt or being too disappointed
If the feathers are broken and dead
The birds look good in person but not in the photo
And super vice versa I bet
I’ve seen the auctioneer get pretty frustrated
If something good gets underbid
When I went down there I got pretty damn suspicious
But it seems like a pretty good kit
Yeah it seems like a pretty good kit
Well it seems like a pretty good kit

This joints been around for a while
And it feels like the same old crowd each time
But there’s always that chance of a short bidding trucker
Trying to help an old man make a dime
There is one tough guy straight out of Texas
Doesn’t eat not want for himself
He’s got a kingdom of gun shops he likes to decorate ‘em
With the trophies of somebody else
Yeah the trophies of somebody else
Well the trophies of somebody else
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Cover art for Machine Gun Silhouette lyrics by Jack White

With the 7'' vinyl I received a postcard with a really weird e-mail conversation between Jack and Rob Jones, whose last message is Jack saying "hey, there are some really nice lines in there, I used them for a song". And it's this song. A conversation about auctions and these things that are in the song.

 
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