That's When I Reach for My Revolver (1981) - Mission Of Burma
That's When I Reach for My Revolver (1981) - Mission Of Burma
A classic! 🤘🏼
Album: Signals, Calls and Marches EP
Released: 1981
Genre: American post-punk
Lyrics:
Once I had my heroes
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Once I had my dreams
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But all of that has changed now
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They've turned things inside out
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The truth is not that comfortable, no
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And Mother taught us patience
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The virtues of restraint
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And Father taught us boundaries
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Beyond which we must go
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To find the secrets promised us, yeah
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That's when I reach for my revolver
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That's when it all gets blown away
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That's when I reach for my revolver
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The spirit fights to find its way
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A friend of mine once told me
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His one and only aim
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To build a giant castle
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And live inside his name
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Cry and whispers sing in muted pain
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Yeah
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That's when I reach for my revolver
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That's when it all gets blown away
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That's when I reach for my revolver
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The spirit fights to find its way
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Tonight the sky is empty
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But that is nothing new
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Its dead eyes look upon us
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And they tell me we're nothing but slaves
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That's when I reach for my revolver (just slaves)
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That's when I reach for my revolver
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That's when I reach for my revolver
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That's when I reach for my revolver
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That's when I reach for my revolver
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That's when I reach for my revolver