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Neneh Cherry – Shot Gun Shack lyrics
[Verse 1]
Just fun and games
Took my name in vain
Nothing is the same
Just another day now
Fun and playgrounds
Bend the rules now
Know the rules now
Play the rules now
It's institutional resolutions
Lack of direction intersections
Pick up a gun you know you gonna use it
Know that gun it's gonna get loaded
Say my name before you pull it
Too late, you know, just took that bullet

Looking front to back
Through the shot gun shack
You reside too slow to run fast, run fast
Catching up with you
Too slow to move
It's gonna get you
The playground rules

[Chorus]
You can't cry now
Don't even try
Nowhere you can turn
You can't even run away
Two can cry now
Don't even try to ride
You can hide now
You can even turn away

[Bridge]
The shot gun, living in a shot gun shack
In the back, living in a shot gun shack
In the back, living with a shotgun
Living in a shot gun shack, living in a shot gun
Shack living in the back, living with a shot gun
Living with a gun, living with your back to the wall

Pick up a gun you know you gonna use it
Know that gun it's gonna get loaded
Say my name before you pull it
Too late you know just took that bullet

[Chorus]
You can't cry now
Don't even try
Nowhere you can turn
You can't even run away
Two can cry now
Don't even try to ride
You can hide now
You can even turn away

You can't cry now
Don't even try
Nowhere you can turn
You can't even run away
2 can cry now
Don't even try to ride
You can hide now
You can even turn away

[produced by: Four Tet]
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[Verse 1] Just fun and games Took my name in vain Nothing is the same Just another day now Fun and playgrounds Bend the rules now Know the rules now Play the rules now It's institutional resolutions Lack of direction intersections Pick up a gun you know you gonna use it Know that gun it's gonna get loaded Say my name before you pull it Too late, you know, just took that bullet Looking front to back Through the shot gun shack You reside too slow to run fast, run fast Catching up with you Too slow to move It's gonna get you The playground rules [Chorus] You can't cry now Don't even try Nowhere you can turn You can't even run away Two can cry now Don't even try to ride You can hide now You can even turn away [Bridge] The shot gun, living in a shot gun shack In the back, living in a shot gun shack In the back, living with a shotgun Living in a shot gun shack, living in a shot gun Shack living in the back, living with a shot gun Living with a gun, living with your back to the wall Pick up a gun you know you gonna use it Know that gun it's gonna get loaded Say my name before you pull it Too late you know just took that bullet [Chorus] You can't cry now Don't even try Nowhere you can turn You can't even run away Two can cry now Don't even try to ride You can hide now You can even turn away You can't cry now Don't even try Nowhere you can turn You can't even run away 2 can cry now Don't even try to ride You can hide now You can even turn away [produced by: Four Tet] Explain Request ×



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Songwriters: Neneh Mariann Karlsson
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