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The Hitter

Esta canción fué 60 x tocada en directo .

Esta canción ha estado escuchada en directo por 2868 usuarios.

Primera vez tocada en: 13/11/1996

Última vez tocada en: 13/11/2005

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Lyrics

Come to the door, Ma, and unlock the chain
I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain
There's nothin' I want, nothin' that you need say
Just let me lie down for a while and I'll be on my way

I was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen
With the police on my back I fled to New Orleans
I fought in the dockyards and with the money I made
I knew the fight was my home and blood was my trade


Baton Rouge, Ponchatoula, and Lafayette town
Well they paid me their money, Ma, I knocked the men down
I did what I did well it come easily
Restraint and mercy, Ma, were always strangers to me

I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud
Rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood
In the twelfth I slipped my tongue over my broken jaw
I stood over him and pounded his bloody body into the floor

Well the bell rang and rang and still I kept on
'Till I felt my glove leather slip 'tween his skin and bone

Then the women and the money came fast and the days I lost track
The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black
I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets
I took my good share, Ma, I have no regrets

Then I took the fix at the state armory with big John McDowell
From high in the rafters I watched myself fall

As they raised his arm my stomach twisted and the sky it went black
I stuffed my bag with their good money and I never looked back

Understand, in the end, Ma, every man plays the game
If you know me one different then speak out his name
Ma, if my voice now you don't recognize
Then just open the door and look into your dark eyes
I ask of you nothin', not a kiss not a smile,
Just open the door and let me lie down for a while


Now the gray rain's fallin' and my ring fightin's done
So in the work fields and alleys I take all who'll come
If you're a better man than me then just step to the line
Show me your money and speak out your crime
Now there's nothin' I want, Ma, nothin' that you need say
Just let me lie down for a while and I'll be on my way

Tonight in the shipyard a man draws a circle in the dirt
I move to the center and I take off my shirt

I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain,
Man, nor time can erase
I move hard to the left and I strike to the face
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13/11/1996Landmark Theatre, Syracuse, NYEstados Unidos
21/04/2005Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJEstados Unidos
22/04/2005Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJEstados Unidos
25/04/2005Fox Theatre, Detroit, MIEstados Unidos
28/04/2005Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, TXEstados Unidos
30/04/2005Glendale Arena, Glendale, AZEstados Unidos
02/05/2005Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, CAEstados Unidos
03/05/2005Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, CAEstados Unidos
05/05/2005Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CAEstados Unidos
07/05/2005The Lecture Hall, Denver, COEstados Unidos
10/05/2005Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MNEstados Unidos
11/05/2005Rosemont Theatre, Chicago, ILEstados Unidos
14/05/2005Patriot Center, Fairfax, VAEstados Unidos
15/05/2005CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OHEstados Unidos
17/05/2005Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PAEstados Unidos
19/05/2005The Theater at Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJEstados Unidos
20/05/2005Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MAEstados Unidos
24/05/2005The Point, DublnIrlanda
27/05/2005Royal Albert Hall, LondresGran Bretaa
28/05/2005Royal Albert Hall, LondresGran Bretaa
30/05/2005Forest National, BruselasBlgica
01/06/2005Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, BadalonaEspaa
02/06/2005Palacio De Deportes, MadridEspaa
04/06/2005Palamalaguti Arena, BoloniaItalia
06/06/2005Palalottomatica Sport Palace, RomaItalia
07/06/2005Mediolanum Forum, MilnItalia
13/06/2005Olympia Hall, MnichAlemania
15/06/2005Festhalle, FrncfortAlemania
16/06/2005Phillipshalle, DsseldorfAlemania
19/06/2005Ahoy, RterdamPases Bajos
20/06/2005AccorHotels Arena, ParsFrancia
22/06/2005Forum, CopenhagueDinamarca
23/06/2005Scandinavium, GotemburgoSuecia
25/06/2005Hovet, EstocolmoSuecia
27/06/2005Color Line Arena, HamburgoAlemania
28/06/2005ICC, BerlnAlemania
13/07/2005Canadian Tire Centre, OttawaCanad
14/07/2005Air Canada Centre, TorontoCanad
16/07/2005Pepsi Arena, Albany, NYEstados Unidos
18/07/2005HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NYEstados Unidos
20/07/2005Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, CTEstados Unidos
23/07/2005Philips Arena, Atlanta, GAEstados Unidos
24/07/2005Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NCEstados Unidos
26/07/2005Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NCEstados Unidos
28/07/2005Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, PAEstados Unidos
31/07/2005Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OHEstados Unidos
01/08/2005U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OHEstados Unidos
03/08/2005Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MIEstados Unidos
06/08/2005Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MOEstados Unidos
07/08/2005Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WIEstados Unidos
10/08/2005The Rose Garden, Portland, OREstados Unidos
11/08/2005Key Arena, Seattle, WAEstados Unidos
13/08/2005Pontiac Theatre at GM Place, VancouverCanad
07/10/2005Civic Center, Hartford, CTEstados Unidos
09/10/2005Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NYEstados Unidos
28/10/2005TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MAEstados Unidos
30/10/2005TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MAEstados Unidos
04/11/2005St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FLEstados Unidos
08/11/2005Wachovia Spectrum, Filadelfia, PAEstados Unidos
13/11/2005Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJEstados Unidos