Murder Most Foul

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."