It was a dark day in Dallas
November '63
a day that will live on in infamy.
President Kennedy was a-ridin' high
good day to be livin' and a good day to die
being led to the slaughter like a sacrificial lamb.
He said
"Wait a minute
boys
you know who I am?"
"Of course we do
we know who you are!"
Then they blew off his head while he was still in the car.
Shot down like a dog in broad daylight
was a matter of timing and the timing was right.
You got unpaid debts
we've come to collect.
We're gonna kill you with hatred
without any respect.
We'll mock you and shock you and we'll put it in your face.
We've already got someone here
to take your place.
The day they blew out the brains of the king
thousands were watching
no one saw a thing.
It happened so quickly
so quick
by surprise
right there in front of everyone's eyes.
Greatest magic trick ever under the sun
perfectly executed
skillfully done.
Wolfman
oh
Wolfman
oh
Wolfman
howl.
Rub-a-dub-dub
it's a murder most foul.
Hush
little children
you'll understand
The Beatles are comin'
they're gonna hold your hand.
Slide down the banister
go get your coat
ferry 'cross the Mersey and go for the throat.
There's three bums comin' all dressed in rags
pick up the pieces and lower the flags.
I'm goin' to Woodstock
it's the Aquarian Age.
Then I'll go over to Altamont and sit near the stage.
Put your head out the window
let the good times roll.
There's a party going on behind the grassy knoll.
Stack up the bricks
pour the cement.
Don't say Dallas don't love you
Mr. President.
Put your foot in the tank and then step on the gas
try to make it to the triple underpass.
Blackface singer
whiteface clown
better not show your faces after the sun goes down.
Up in the red-light district
they've got cop on the beat
living in a nightmare on Elm Street.
When you're down on Deep Ellum
put your money in your shoe.
Don't ask what your country can do for you.
Cash on the barrelhead
money to burn
Dealey Plaza
make a left-hand turn.
I'm going down to the crossroads
gonna flag a ride
the place where faith
hope
and charity died.
Shoot him while he runs
boy
shoot him while you can
see if you can shoot the invisible man.
Goodbye
Charlie! Goodbye
Uncle Sam!
Frankly
Miss Scarlett
I don't give a damn.
What is the truth
where did it go?
Ask Oswald and Ruby
they oughta know.
"Shut your mouth
" said a wise old owl.
Business is business
and it's a murder most foul
Tommy
can you hear me? I'm the Acid Queen.
I'm riding in a long
black Lincoln limousine
ridin' in the back seat next to my wife
headed straight on into the afterlife.
I'm leaning to the left
I got my head in her lap.
Hold on
I've been led into some kind of a trap
where we ask no quarter and no quarter do we give.
We're right down the street
from the street where you live.
They mutilated his body and they took out his brain.
What more could they do? They piled on the pain.
But his soul was not there where it was supposed to be at.
For the last fifty years
they've been searchin' for that.
Freedom
oh
freedom
freedom over me
I hate to tell you
mister
but only dead men are free.
Send me some lovin'
then tell me no lie.
Throw the gun in the gutter and walk on by.
Wake up
little Susie
let's go for a drive
cross the Trinity River
let's keep hope alive.
Turn the radio on
don't touch the dials
Parkland Hospital
only six more miles.
You got me dizzy
Miss Lizzy
you filled me with lead.
That magic bullet of yours has gone to my head.
I'm just a patsy like Patsy Cline
never shot anyone from in front or behind.
I've blood in my eye
got blood in my ear
I'm never gonna make it to the new frontier.
Zapruder's film I seen night before
seen it thirty-three times
maybe more.
It's vile and deceitful
it's cruel and it's mean
ugliest thing that you ever have seen.
They killed him once and they killed him twice
killed him like a human sacrifice.
The day that they killed him
someone said to me
"Son
the age of the Antichrist has just only begun."
Air Force One comin' in through the gate
Johnson sworn in at 2:38.
Let me know when you decide to throw in the towel.
It is what it is
and it's murder most foul.
What's new
pussycat? What'd I say?
I said the soul of a nation been torn away
and it's beginning to go into a slow decay
and that it's thirty-six hours past Judgment Day.
Wolfman Jack
he's speaking in tongues
he's going on and on at the top of his lungs.
Play me a song
Mr. Wolfman Jack
play it for me in my long Cadillac.
Play me that "Only the Good Die Young."
Take me to the place Tom Dooley was hung.
Play "St. James Infirmary" and the Court of King James.
If you want to remember
you better write down the names.
Play Etta James too
play "I'd Rather Go Blind
"
play it for the man with the telepathic mind.
Play John Lee Hooker
play "Scratch My Back."
Play it for that strip club owner named Jack.
Guitar Slim going down slow
play it for me and for Marilyn Monroe.
Play "Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood."
Play it for the First Lady
she ain't feeling any good.
Play Don Henley
play Glenn Frey
take it to the limit and let it go by.
Play it for Carl Wilson
too
looking far
far away down Gower Avenue.
Play tragedy
play "Twilight Time
"
take me back to Tulsa to the scene of the crime.
Play another one and "Another One Bites the Dust."
Play "The Old Rugged Cross" and "In God We Trust."
Ride the pink horse down that long
lonesome road
stand there and wait for his head to explode.
Play "Mystery Train" for Mr. Mystery
the man who fell down dead like a rootless tree.
Play it for the reverend
play it for the pastor
play it for the dog that got no master.
Play Oscar Peterson
play Stan Getz
play "Blue Sky
" play Dickey Betts.
Play Art Pepper
Thelonious Monk
Charlie Parker and all that junk.
All that junk and "All That Jazz
"
play something for the Birdman of Alcatraz.
Play Buster Keaton
play Harold Lloyd
play Bugsy Siegel
play Pretty Boy Floyd.
Play the numbers
play the odds.
Play "Cry Me a River" for the Lord of the gods.
Play Number 9
play Number 6
play it for Lindsey and Stevie Nicks.
Play Nat King Cole
play "Nature Boy
"
play "Down in the Boondocks" for Terry Malloy.
Play "It Happened One Night" and "One Night of Sin
"
there's twelve million souls that are listening in.
Play "Merchant of Venice"
play "Merchants of Death
"
play "Stella by Starlight" for Lady Macbeth.
Don't worry
Mr. President
help's on the way
your brothers are comin'
there'll be hell to pay.
Brothers? What brothers? What's this about hell?
Tell them
"We're waitin'
keep comin'
"
we'll get them as well.
Love Field is where his plane touched down
but it never did get back up off the ground
was a hard act to follow
second to none.
They killed him on the altar of the rising sun.
Play "Misty" for me and "That Old Devil Moon
"
play "Anything Goes" and "Memphis in June."
Play "Lonely at the Top" and "Lonely Are the Brave
"
play it for Houdini spinning around in his grave.
Play Jelly Roll Morton
play "Lucille
"
play "Deep in a Dream"
and play "Driving Wheel."
Play "Moonlight Sonata" in F-sharp
and "A Key to the Highway" for the king on the harp.
Play "Marching Through Georgia" and "Dumbarton's Drums
"
play darkness and death will come when it comes.
Play "Love Me or Leave Me" by the great Bud Powell
play "The Blood-Stained Banner"
play "Murder Most Foul."