Dad's Gonna Kill Me (Richard Thompson cover) Lyrics


Out in the desert

there's a soldier lying dead.

Vultures pecking

the eyes out of his head.

Another day that could

have been me there instead.

Nobody loves me here,

nobody wans me here.

Dad's gonna kill me!

Dad's gonna kill me!

Gonnna kill me!

Gonnna kill me!

You hit the booby trap

and you're in pieces,

with every bullet your

risk increases.

Old Ali Baba,

he's a different species.

Nobody loves me here,

nobody wants me here

Dad's gonna kill me!

Dad's gonna kill me!

Gonnna kill me!

Gonnna kill me!

I'm dead meat in my

Humvee Frankenstein.

I hit the road block,

God knows I never hit the mine.

The dice rolled

and I got lucky

this time.

Dad's gonna kill me!

Dad's gonna kill me!

Gonnna kill me!

Gonnna kill me!

I've got a wife, a kid,

another on the way.

I might get home if I

can live through today.

Before I came out here

I never used to pray.

Nobody loves me here,

nobody wants me here.

Dad's gonna kill me!

Dad's in a bad mood,

dad's got the blues.

It's someone else's mess

that I didn't choose.

At least we're winning

on the fox evening news.

Nobody loves me here,

nobody wants me here.

Dad's gonna kill me!

Dad's gonna kill me!

Dawn patrol went out

and didn't come back.

Hug the wire and pray

like I told you, Mac.

Or they'll be

shovelling bits

of you into a sack.

Dad's gonna kill me!

Dad's gonna kill me!

Gonnna kill me!

Gonnna kill me!

And who's that stranger

walking in my dreams?

And whose that stranger

cast a shadow 'cross my heart?

And who's that stranger,

I dare speak his name,

must be old death a-walking?

Must be old death a-walking?

Dad's gonna kill me!

7 muzzle monkeys

standing in a row,

standing waiting for

the sandbox to blow.

Sitting targets

in the wild west show.

Nobody loves me here,

nobody wants me here.

Dad's gonna kill me!

Dad's gonna kill me!

Another angel got

his wings this week.

Charbroiled with his

own Willie Pete.

Nobody's dying if

you speak double-speak.

Another angel got

his wings this week.

Dad's gonna kill me...