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Brand New Gun
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A song about a Vietnam Vet back in 1972 rehabbing in Honolulu.
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Singer songwriter. It's all in the songs.
Michael King Ross is a singer/songwriter whose musical heroes are people like Bob Dylan, John Prine, Tom Waits, Greg Brown, Lucinda Williams, Bruce Springsteen, Robert Earl Keen, Todd Snider, The Rolling Stones, Sonny Boy Williamson, Ramblin' Doug Hamblin, Steve Goodman, Big Bill Broonzy... people like that. Not that he necessarily like any of them, but he sorta fits somewhere into that genre.
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Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
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Peak #263
Peak in subgenre #51
Author
Michael King Ross
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Copyright 1995 Michael King Ross
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November 06, 2005
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MP3 2.5 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
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Brand New Gun Once there was a young man full of promise and fun They took him and they sent him to the war Now he is an old man though he’s not yet 21 Old whores, broken bottles and a brand new gun He sits there in his wheelchair in the Honolulu sun Watching the tourist parade From the Arizona to the Punchbowl like it’s always been done Old whores, broken bottles, and a brand new gun Black skies in paradise and there’s nothing to be done There’s nothing to fight for and nothing to be won A heart full of dark in the tropical sun Arms that don’t hold and legs that don’t run Some of the fighting will never be done Even after they’re home from the war And some of the battles will never be won Old whores, broken bottles, and a brand new gun © 1995 Michael King Ross
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