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Somebody's Gonna Get Killed

from Johnny C. Lately - Songwriter by Johnny C. Lately

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Studio out-take from December 2017 EP - Johnny C. Lately

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A honky tonk on a Saturday night. Things are right for a bar-room fight.
Sex and alcohol are in the air.
Somebody’s man walks through the door.
Somebody’s woman ain’t his woman no more,
And some other guy, well, he just don’t care.

Somebody’s gonna get killed. Somebody’s gonna get killed.
Somebody’s gonna lose their life. Somebody’s gonna gain a wife.
And somebody’s gonna find out what it takes, to make a big mistake.

The politics of religion in school, gonna make for a high-stakes fool.
Creation ain’t science anyway.
Furthering our understanding - the State of Kansas notwithstanding,
The Flying Spaghetti Monster will take us away.

Somebody’s gonna get killed. Somebody’s gonna get killed.
Somebody’s gonna burn a book.
Somebody’s not as dumb as they look.
And somebody’s gonna find out just what it takes. To make a big mistake.

Black and white, yellow and brown. Different faces all over town.
Everybody’s an “outsider” someplace.
Leave it to man to resort to his tricks. Just call it “mammalian politics.”
There ain’t no such thing as race, except the human race.

Somebody’s gonna get killed. Somebody’s gonna get killed.
Somebody’s gonna have to learn to get along.
Somebody’s gonna have to right the wrong.
And somebody’s gonna have to learn what it takes.
Not to make the same mistake.

Somebody’s gonna get killed.
Somebody’s gonna get killed.
Somebody’s gonna get killed.

credits

from Johnny C. Lately - Songwriter, track released February 17, 2018
Woodrow Thomas - Vocals, guitar, & percussion
Christian Dozzler - Accordion
Joseph Pilliod - Drums
Brad Davis - Bass

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Johnny C. Lately Texas

Johnny C. Lately has been one of the mainstays of the Northeast Texas songwriters scene for over 35 years.

He plays original songs based on his personal experience which explore the themes of Life, Death, Love and Laughter and throws in a few timeless cover songs to season the mix.

Originals, Roots, Black Dirt Country and Delta Blues ... more

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