What good is a dog if it only barks?
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Story behind the song
This song is based on a true story.
During the 1960s and 1970s Dallas was under assault from hoards of vicious armed robbers with a penchant for violence. Police Lieutenant H. C. Holloway carried scars from a wild gun-battle with one of those criminals and a consuming hatred for them all. He devised a plan to hide shotgun armed officers inside likely targets with orders to shoot hi-jackers on sight. For more than two decades the unit he formed for that purpose made war on armed robbers with bloody and brutal effectiveness. They were called Holloways Raiders," aka the Shotgun Squad.
For some of the details in this song, I'd gathered information from my dad, who worked at a liquor store where members of the Shotgun Squad were posted.
Lyrics
I learned to shoot in Vietnam.
My sergeant called me Trigger Tom.
Back in Dallas, I got a job.
I killed in the name of the Shotgun Squad.
I'd hide in the back of a liquor store
And wait for robbers; I was mostly bored.
I said to the cashier, "You best duck quick
Cause when I start blasting I won't quit."
When the safety clicked, there were scattered shells.
I sent many robbers straight to hell.
I told the press, "I don't miss my marks.
What good is a dog if it only barks?"
I was good at my job and had the right skills.
I do what I'm told, I was told to kill.
That's law and order in the Lone Star State.
That's justice served in the City of Hate.
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