‘Dad’s Gonna Kill Me

(’Dad as in Baghdad)
Richard Thompson’s Cheat Sheet

Listen to the anti-war song

Lyrics:

Out in the desert there’s a soldier laying dead
Vultures pecking the eyes out of his head
Another day that could have been me there instead
Nobody loves me here
Nobody loves me here
‘Dad’s gonna kill me
‘Dad’s gonna 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 loves me here
‘Dad’s gonna kill me
‘Dad’s gonna kill me

I’m dead meat in my HUMV Frankenstein
I hit the road blocks and how I never hit the mine
The dice are rolling
I got lucky this time
and ‘Dad’s gonna kill me
‘Dad’s gonna kill me
‘Dad’s gonna kill me

I 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 loves me here
‘Dad’s gonna kill me
‘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 loves me here
‘Dad’s gonna kill me
‘Dad’s gonna kill me

Dawn patrol went out and didn’t come back
Hunt for 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

Who’s that stranger walking in my dreams, who’s that stranger cuts a shadow ‘cross my heart
Who’s that stranger, I daren’t speak his name
Must be your death a-walking
Must be your death a-walking
‘Dad’s gonna kill me

Seven muzzle monkeys standing in a row
Standing waiting for that sandbox to blow
Sitting targets in the wild west show
Nobody loves me here
Nobody loves 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
No one dies if you speak double speak
‘Dad’s gonna kill me
‘Dad’s gonna kill me
‘Dad’s gonna kill me

(I transcribed the lyrics as I listened. I’ve asterisked the lines I am not sure about. If you can correct me, please do…)

Published in: on February 5, 2007 at 12:31 pm

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  1. On February 8, 2007 at 12:13 pm Anonymous Said:

    I’m dead meat in my HUMV Frankenstein
    I hit the road blocks and how I never hit the mine

    Hunt for wire and pray like I told you Mac
    Or their be shovelling bits of you into a sack

    No one dies if you speak double speak

  2. On February 8, 2007 at 12:24 pm jenny Said:

    Thanks, whoever you are! I changed them to what you gave me!

  3. On February 8, 2007 at 1:51 pm Anonymous2 Said:

    I hear these slightly differently:
    I’m dead meat in my HUMV Frankenstein
    I hit the road block somehow I never hit the mine
    Hug the wire and pray like I told you Mac
    Or they’ll be shovelling bits of you into a sack
    Noone’s dying if you speak doublespeak

  4. On February 8, 2007 at 4:20 pm Brian Said:

    Maybe “stranger casts a shadow” instead of “stranger cuts a shadow” ?

  5. On February 8, 2007 at 5:37 pm Anonymous Said:

    The dice are rolling
    At the luckiest time

    Must be O’Death a walking
    Must be O’Death a walking

  6. On February 10, 2007 at 12:17 pm Anonymous2 Said:

    The lyrics can now be found on Richard’s official site:
    http://www.richardthompson-music.com/song_o_matic.asp?id=596

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