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Tom Russell - Criminology [Intro] G [Verse 1] I had a gun pointed at my head on several occasions
GYeah, Nadine I was scared Something about a black man with a machine gun GMake you wish you said your prayers It was NiCgeria The year was NineteenG Sixty-Nine I was Dteaching criminology Played a little guitar on the Gside
[Verse 2] In Apache Pass, Prince Rupert
GIndian Jack puts a gun to my head He said, "How do you like it now gentlemen? GHow’s your blue eyed boy, Mr Dead?" It was CCanada this time The year was NineteenG Seventy-One I was Dperforming at the Club Zanzibar In the neon world of knives and Gguns
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Oh, exEmcuse me if I’m boring you, dear listener Accept my humbleG apology You may think IAm’m just a folk singer, no I’m a Dmaster in the art of crimiGnology
[Verse 3] When Picasso died, the Indians cried
GIn a Prince George motel room We were drunker than a thousand white men GPlaying lumber camp saloon It was CCanada again The year was NineteenG Seventy-Three There were Dgrizzly bears walking down main street What an amazing sight to Gsee
[Verse 4] Well, the devil rides a cubist horse
GThe devil he’s got angles But god is an expressionist GHe got the devil strangled Down in Cpurgatorian limbo in hell Ahh, them southern rip joints just like Gthat God’s Dwaiting room is full of painters and poets And old black jazz saints in pork pie Ghats
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Well, exEmcuse me if I’m boring you, dear listener Accept my humble aGpology You may think IAm’m some jive folk singer, no I’m a Dmaster in the art of crimiGnology
[Instrumental] G C G D G [Verse 5] So, I got off a plane in Nigeria
GIt was Nineteen Sixty-Nine Arrested by Ton Ton Macoute GTaking photos was a war zone crime They were gonna Chack me up with machetes A US ambassador, come home, paid my Gbribe So, I played guiDtar with Victor Uwaifo Taught a little criminology on the Gside
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Yeah, that’s my Emstory and I’m sticking to it No regrets, no surrender, no aGpology I know a Amlittle bit about a lot of things I’m a Dmaster in the art of crimiGnology
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Yeah, that’s my Emstory and I’m sticking to it No regrets, no surrender, no aGpology I know a Amlittle bit about a lot of things I’m a Dmaster in the art of crimiGnology
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