Deadline Lyrics
I didn't know if you were dead or alive
How long d'you think that I could sharpen my knife
I've got better things to do with my life
Don't miss the deadline, darling
When all your bad dreams will come true
Don't miss the deadline
It's almost the deadline, darling
I wouldn't want it to happen to you
I wonder if he ever felt more alone
He never finished his coffee that night
The photo they showed David was a terrible sight
He passed the deadline, darling
And I believe that somehow he knew
He crossed the deadline
He passed the deadline, darling
There wasn't a thing anybody could do
You find a way to balance hate and desire
Don't miss the deadline darling
Consequences are easily misunderstood
Don't miss the deadline
It's almost the deadline, darling
I couldn't live if it happened to you
According to Albert Bouchard, the person in question was booking agent Phil King (who booked gigs for the band before they were signed to Columbia).
Phil was apparently pressuring this guy to pay back a gambling debt, and the guy ended up shooting him. Phil King is also mentioned in the song, "Hot Rails to Hell" (in the lyric, "The King did not know").
Allen once described Phil King (also known as Phil Friedman) as a "big dude in a cheap vinyl leather jacket, two-tone blue '64 Lincoln Continental, wore a Fu Manchu mustache, combing his hair at all times, he had a perfect Shaft hairdo, chrome shades he never took off, wore 'em to bed..." Soon after BOC's first album was released, Phil was able to convince a New York DJ to play "Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll" on the radio.
"The Photo they showed David was a terrible sight"
The song "Deadline" is based on the true story of an old acquaintance of the band, who was murdered.
According to Albert Bouchard, the person in question was booking agent Phil King (who booked gigs for the band before they were signed to Columbia).
According to Albert Bouchard, the person in question was booking agent Phil King (who booked gigs for the band before they were signed to Columbia).
Phil was apparently pressuring this guy to pay back a gambling debt, and the guy ended up shooting him. Phil King is also mentioned in the song, "Hot Rails to Hell" (in the lyric, "The King did not know").
Phil was apparently pressuring this guy to pay back a gambling debt, and the guy ended up shooting him. Phil King is also mentioned in the song, "Hot Rails to Hell" (in the lyric, "The King did not know").
Allen once described Phil King (also known as Phil Friedman) as a "big dude in a cheap vinyl leather jacket, two-tone blue '64 Lincoln Continental, wore a Fu Manchu mustache, combing his...
Allen once described Phil King (also known as Phil Friedman) as a "big dude in a cheap vinyl leather jacket, two-tone blue '64 Lincoln Continental, wore a Fu Manchu mustache, combing his hair at all times, he had a perfect Shaft hairdo, chrome shades he never took off, wore 'em to bed..." Soon after BOC's first album was released, Phil was able to convince a New York DJ to play "Cities On Flame With Rock And Roll" on the radio.
The photo they showed David was a terrible sight