Original Songs, written by Eddie Minyard
In honor of our latest AOY - the irrepressable Ritt - I thought I'd re-post this classic colab...
Dead Man Walking
Lyrics - Rittman
Vox - Mighty Mac Allan
Several variations on the Line 6 Variax - FastEddie
Dead Man Walking
© 2006 by rittman
i was walking the halls of criminal court
locale south bronx new york city
sweat of the unlucky who got caught
adorn those walls, no way to make pretty
it's called a jury of one's peers
if ever there was a misnomer
didn't take much to be his superior
some scum accused of going home with her
uninvited
in the shadows, lurking, stalking
uninvited
our call, dead man walking
seems he asked her to dance
she said no, he took it as a slap in the face
for him it wasn't a game of chance
she would pay for his disgrace
was it drugs (you betcha)
was he beaten as a child (expert testimony)
sexually abused (but of course)
should we believe that's what made him go wild?
uninvited
in the shadows, lurking, stalking
uninvited
our call, dead man walking
she was taken by surprise
door slammed shut
no guts in a killers eyes
raped, slain, called a slut
uninvited
in the shadows, lurking, stalking
uninvited
our call, dead man walking
we ordered coffee
talked about the yankees
wondered if they used morphine
no one needed a hankee
uninvited
in the shadows, lurking, stalking
uninvited
our call, dead man walking
Dead Man Walking
Lyrics - Rittman
Vox - Mighty Mac Allan
Several variations on the Line 6 Variax - FastEddie
Dead Man Walking
© 2006 by rittman
i was walking the halls of criminal court
locale south bronx new york city
sweat of the unlucky who got caught
adorn those walls, no way to make pretty
it's called a jury of one's peers
if ever there was a misnomer
didn't take much to be his superior
some scum accused of going home with her
uninvited
in the shadows, lurking, stalking
uninvited
our call, dead man walking
seems he asked her to dance
she said no, he took it as a slap in the face
for him it wasn't a game of chance
she would pay for his disgrace
was it drugs (you betcha)
was he beaten as a child (expert testimony)
sexually abused (but of course)
should we believe that's what made him go wild?
uninvited
in the shadows, lurking, stalking
uninvited
our call, dead man walking
she was taken by surprise
door slammed shut
no guts in a killers eyes
raped, slain, called a slut
uninvited
in the shadows, lurking, stalking
uninvited
our call, dead man walking
we ordered coffee
talked about the yankees
wondered if they used morphine
no one needed a hankee
uninvited
in the shadows, lurking, stalking
uninvited
our call, dead man walking
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