Lyrics Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner - 2007 Remastered Version - Warren Zevon
Roland
was
a
warrior
from
the
Land
of
the
Midnight
Sun
With
a
Thompson
gun
for
hire,
fighting
to
be
done
The
deal
was
made
in
Denmark
on
a
dark
and
stormy
day
So
he
set
out
for
Biafra
to
join
the
bloody
fray
Through
sixty-six
and
seven
they
fought
the
Congo
war
With
their
fingers
on
their
triggers,
knee-deep
in
gore
For
days
and
nights
they
battled
the
Bantu
to
their
knees
They
killed
to
earn
their
living
and
to
help
out
the
Congolese
Roland
the
Thompson
gunner
Roland
the
Thompson
gunner
His
comrades
fought
beside
him
- Van
Owen
and
the
rest
But
of
all
the
Thompson
gunners,
Roland
was
the
best
So
the
CIA
decided
they
wanted
Roland
dead
That
son-of-a-bitch
Van
Owen
blew
off
Roland's
head
Roland
the
headless
Thompson
gunner
Norway's
bravest
son
(to
even
up
the
score)
They
can
still
see
his
headless
body
stalking
through
the
night
In
the
muzzle
flash
of
Roland's
Thompson
gun
In
the
muzzle
flash
of
Roland's
Thompson
gun
Roland
searched
the
continent
for
the
man
who'd
done
him
in
He
found
him
in
Mombassa
in
a
barroom
drinking
gin
Roland
aimed
his
Thompson
gun
- he
didn't
say
a
word
But
he
blew
Van
Owen's
body
from
there
to
Johannesburg
Roland
the
headless
Thompson
gunner
Roland
the
headless
Thompson
gunner
Roland
the
headless
Thompson
gunner
Talkin'
about
the
man
Roland
the
headless
Thompson
gunner
The
eternal
Thompson
gunner
Still
wandering
through
the
night
Now
it's
ten
years
later
but
he
still
keeps
up
the
fight
In
Ireland,
in
Lebanon,
in
Palestine
and
Berkeley
Patty
Hearst
heard
the
burst
of
Roland's
Thompson
gun
and
bought
it
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