Murder Most Foul

Twas a dark day in Dallas, November '63
 
 A day that will live on in infamy
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 President Kennedy was a-ridin' high
 Good day to be livin' and a good day to die
 Being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb
 He said, "Wait a minute, boys, you know who I am?"
 "Of course we do. We know who you are"
 Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car
 Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
 Was a matter of timing and the timing was right
 You got unpaid debts we've come to collect
 We're gonna kill you with hatred, without any respect
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 We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face
 We've already got someone here to take your place
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 The day they blew out the brains of the king
 Thousands were watching, no one saw a thing
 It happened so quickly, so quick, by surprise
 Right there in front of everyone's eyes
 Greatest magic trick ever under the sun
 Perfectly executed, skillfully done
 Wolfman, oh wolfman, oh wolfman howl
 Rub-a-dub-dub, it's a murder most foul
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 Hush, little children, you'll understand
 The Beatles are comin', they're gonna hold your hand
 Slide down the banister, go get your coat
 Ferry 'cross the Mersey and go for the throat
 
 There's three bums comin' all dressed in rags
 Pick up the pieces and lower the flags
 I'm going to Woodstock, it's the Aquarian Age
 Then I'll go to Altamont and sit near the stage
 Put your head out the window, let the good times roll
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 There's a party going on behind the Grassy Knoll
 Stack up the bricks, pour the cement
 Don't say Dallas don't love you, Mr. President
 Put your foot in the tank and step on the gas
 Try to make it to the triple underpass
 Blackface singer, whiteface clown
 Better not show your faces after the sun goes down
 Up in the red light district, like a cop on the beat
 Living in a nightmare on Elm Street
 When you're down in Deep Ellum, put your money in your shoe
 Don't ask what your country can do for you
 Cash on the ballot, money to burn
 Dealey Plaza, make a left-hand turn
 I'm going down to the crossroads, gonna flag a ride
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 The place where faith, hope, and charity died
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 Shoot him while he runs, boy, shoot him while you can
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 See if you can shoot the invisible man
 Goodbye, Charlie, goodbye, Uncle Sam
 Frankly, Miss Scarlett, I don't give a damn
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 What is the truth, and where did it go?
 Ask Oswald and Ruby, they oughta know
 "Shut your mouth," said the wise old owl
 Business is business, and it's a murder most foul
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 Tommy, can you hear me? I'm the Acid Queen
 I'm riding in a long, black Lincoln limousine
 Riding in the backseat next to my wife
 Heading straight on in to the afterlife
 I'm leaning to the left, I've got my head in her lap
 Hold on, I've been led into some kind of a trap
 Where we ask no quarter, and no quarter do we give
 We're right down the street from the street where you live
 They mutilated his body, and they took out his brain
 What more could they do? They piled on the pain
 But his soul was not there where it was supposed to be at
 For the last fifty years they've been searchin' for that
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 Freedom, oh freedom, freedom over me
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 I hate to tell you, mister, but only dead men are free
 Send me some lovin', tell me no lie
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 Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by
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 Wake up, little Susie, let's go for a drive
 Cross the Trinity River, let's keep hope alive
 
 Turn the radio on, don't touch the dials
 Parkland hospital, only six more miles
 You got me dizzy, Miss Lizzy, you filled me with lead
 That magic bullet of yours has gone to my head
 I'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline
 Never shot anyone from in front or behind
 I've blood in my eye, got blood in my ear
 I'm never gonna make it to the new frontier
 Zapruder's film I seen night before
 Seen it 33 times, maybe more
 It's vile and deceitful, it's cruel and it's mean
 Ugliest thing that you ever have seen
 They killed him once and they killed him twice
 Killed him like a human sacrifice
 The day that they killed him, someone said to me, "Son
 The age of the Antichrist has just only begun"
 Air Force One coming in through the gate
 Johnson sworn in at 2:38
 Let me know when you decide to throw in the towel
 It is what it is, and it's murder most foul
 What's new, pussycat? What'd I say?
 I said the soul of a nation been torn away
 And it's beginning to go into a slow decay
 
 And that it's 36 hours past Judgment Day
 Wolfman Jack, he's speaking in tongues
 He's going on and on at the top of his lungs
 Play me a song, Mr. Wolfman Jack
 Play it for me in my long Cadillac
 Play me that "Only the Good Die Young"
 Take me to the place Tom Dooley was hung
 Play St. James Infirmary and the Court of King James
 If you want to remember, you better write down the names
 Play Etta James, too, play "I'd Rather Go Blind"
 Play it for the man with the telepathic mind
 Play John Lee Hooker, play "Scratch My Back"
 Play it for that strip club owner named Jack
 
 Guitar Slim going down slow
 Play it for me and for Marilyn Monroe
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 Play, "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
 Play it for the First Lady, she ain't feeling any good
 Play Don Henley, play Glenn Frey
 Take it to the limit and let it go by
 Play it for Karl Wirsum, too
 Looking far, far away at Down Gallow Avenue
 Play tragedy, play "Twilight Time"
 Take me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime
 Play another one and "Another One Bites the Dust"
 Play "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In God We Trust"
 Ride the pink horse down that long, lonesome road
 Stand there and wait for his head to explode
 Play "Mystery Train" for Mr. Mystery
 The man who fell down dead like a rootless tree
 Play it for the Reverend, play it for the Pastor
 Play it for the dog that got no master
 
 Play Oscar Peterson, play Stan Getz
 Play "Blue Sky", play Dickey Betts
 
 Play Art Pepper, Thelonious Monk
 Charlie Parker and all that junk
 All that junk and "All That Jazz"
 Play something for the Birdman of Alcatraz
 Play Buster Keaton, play Harold Lloyd
 Play Bugsy Siegel, play Pretty Boy Floyd
 Play the numbers, play the odds
 Play "Cry Me A River" for the Lord of the gods
 Play Number 9, play Number 6
 Play it for Lindsey and Stevie Nicks
 Play Nat King Cole, play "Nature Boy"
 Play "Down In The Boondocks" for Terry Malloy
 Play "It Happened One Night" and "One Night of Sin"
 There's twelve million souls that are listening in
 Play "Merchant of Venice", play "Merchants of Death"
 Play "Stella by Starlight" for Lady Macbeth
 Don't worry, Mr. President, help's on the way
 Your brothers are coming, there'll be hell to pay
 Brothers? What brothers? What's this about hell?
 Tell them, "We're waiting. Keep coming," we'll get them as well
 
 Love Field is where his plane touched down
 But it never did get back up off the ground
 Was a hard act to follow, second to none
 They killed him on the altar of the rising sun
 Play "Misty" for me and "That Old Devil Moon"
 Play "Anything Goes" and "Memphis in June"
 Play "Lonely At the Top" and "Lonely Are the Brave"
 Play it for Houdini spinning around in his grave
 Play Jelly Roll Morton, play "Lucille"
 Play "Deep In a Dream", and play "Driving Wheel"
 Play "Moonlight Sonata" in F-sharp
 And "A Key to the Highway" for the king on the harp
 Play "Marching Through Georgia" and "Dumbarton's Drums"
 Play darkness, and death will come when it comes
 Play "Love Me Or Leave Me" by the great Bud Powell
 Play "The Blood-stained Banner", play "Murder Most Foul"