Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner

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Roland was a warrior from the 
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Land of the Midnight Sun
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With a Thompson gun for hire, 
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fighting to be done
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The deal was made in Denmark on a 
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dark and stormy day
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So he set out for Biafra to join 
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the bloody fray

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Through sixty-six and seven they 
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fought the Congo war
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With their fingers on their 
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triggers, knee-deep in gore
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For days and nights they battled 
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the Bantu to their knees
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They killed to earn their living 
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and to help out the Congolese

[Chorus]
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Roland the Thompson gunner...
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Roland the Thompson gunner...
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[Verse 2]
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His comrades fought beside him - 
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Van Owen and the rest
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But of all the Thompson gunners 
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Roland was the best
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So the CIA decided they wanted 
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Roland dead
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That son-of-a-bitch Van Owen blew
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 off Roland's head

[Chorus]
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Roland the headless Thompson gunner
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Norway's bravest son
(Harmony)
(Time, time, time
For another peaceful war
But time stands still for Roland
‘Til he evens up the score)
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They can still see his headless 
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body stalking through the night
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In the muzzle flash of Roland's 
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Thompson gun
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In the muzzle flash of Roland's 
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Thompson gun

[Verse 3]
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Roland searched the continent for
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 the man who'd done him in
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He found him in Mombassa in a 
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barroom drinking gin
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Roland aimed his Thompson gun - 
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he didn't say a word
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But he blew Van Owen's body from 
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there to Johannesburg

[Chorus]
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Roland the headless Thompson 
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gunner...
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Roland the headless Thompson 
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gunner...
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Roland the headless Thompson 
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gunner...(talkin’ about the man)
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Roland the headless Thompson 
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gunner...

[Verse 4]
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The eternal Thompson gunner, still
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 wandering through the night
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Now it's ten years later but he 
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still keeps up the fight
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In Ireland, in Lebanon, in 
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Palestine and Berkeley
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Patty Hearst heard the burst of 
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Roland's Thompson gun
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And bought it