- Votes:
- Composer:
- Tom Morello
 
- Genres:
- Acoustic
- Folk
 
- Tags:
- revolutionary
- singer songwriter
- the nightwatchman tom morrello
 
- See also:
The Nightwatchman - Maximum Firepower lyrics
This one's for the shoeshine boy 
And the farmer in debt 
Each string is barbed wire 
Each chord is a threat 
This blues guy I met 
That never had a hit 
Said you don't gotta be loud, son 
To be heavy as shit 
Well I'm the triggerman, baby 
And tonight I'll prove 
That this machine here 
Well it kills fascists too 
And don't be surprised 
If the sermon on the mount 
Next time is delivered 
In a little coffee house 
'Cause somebody here's 
Gotta let them know 
I doubt it's me 
But here I go 
I hit the button 
Tape started to roll 
The song's got fire 
But it's got no soul 
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop 
Between here and home 
Drop down into the valley 
Piano playin' in the living room 
And when you see the white barn 
You'll know the journey's through 
My dog's barking in the backseat 
'Cause he knows it too 
You'll need a fake passport 
And fix your disguise 
And don't fire, sugar 
Til you see the whites of their eyes 
I turned the other cheek 
But now I'm through 
The skin you're in 
Makes choices for you 
I was checking off names 
And I came late to dinner 
Seems the slices of pie 
Keep getting thinner and thinner 
Brothers and sisters 
Rejoice and repent 
The landlord's dead 
You can keep the rent 
You got twelve fine friends 
But one of 'em's rotten 
There's a hole out back 
Ain't got no bottom 
Forty days in the wilderness 
Forty sleepless nights 
I'm confused, half blind 
And sure I'm right 
The Nightwatchman - Maximum Firepower - http://motolyrics.com/the-nightwatchman/maximum-firepower-lyrics.html
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop 
Between here and home 
Drop down into the valley 
Piano playin' in the living room 
And when you see the white barn 
You'll know the journey's through 
My dog's barking in the backseat 
'Cause he knows it too 
Officer please 
I won't be long 
Called the radio station 
Requested this song 
I had my doubts 
About what I knew 
So I turned it up 
Then it sounded true 
Kiss the ring 
If the Queen will let you 
But come over the fence 
And the dogs will get you 
On a rope hung the traitor 
On a hook hung the meat 
You and me are missing persons 
Til we're counted in the streets 
So seize the time 
And storm the tower 
And come correct 
Maximum Firepower... 
With Maximum Firepower 
For the sins of the fathers 
The son he must pay 
The Nightwatchman giveth 
And he taketh away 
Thought hard about this next line 
Pretty sure it's true 
If you take a step towards freedom 
It'll take two steps towards you 
So mister I ain't scared 
And mister I ain't worried 
'Cause on that lonely stretch of blacktop 
I sit as judge and jury 
There's a lonely stretch of blacktop 
Between here and home 
Drop down into the valley 
Piano playin' in the living room 
And when you see the white barn 
You know the journey's through 
My dog's barking in the backseat 
'Cause he knows it too 
The clock strikes the hour 
Tonight we ride 
You've got three more seconds 
To choose sides















