UNDER THE GUN

a.k.a. RICH PUNK

Version 1

I worked construction baby like my father did
??? everybody is going to ???
??? I seen none
??? I seen none
??? living when your under the gun

One night ??? some nights Billy I just lie awake*
I pull her a little closer feel every breath she takes, takes*
I want to go downtown and get me a gun
You take what you get when your living Billy under the gun
Under the gun

You take what you get when your living Billy under the gun
Your living Billy under the gun

You take what your given when your living Billy under the gun
I lie awake
I pull her a little closer and I feel every breath she takes*
??? I lie awake
I pull my baby closer and feel every breath she takes*

Billy under the gun
You take what your given when your living

Thematically similar to JACKSON CAGE, it is the tale of how the pressures of modern living can suck away the goodness in the world, and the love between a man and a woman.

Check also version 2, version 3, and version 4. All those versions were recorded between Mar and Apr 1979 in Holmdel, NJ.

* Similar to some THE RIVER lines.