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The Hitter

questa canzone e' stata 60 x suonata dal vivo .

questa canzone e' stata ascoltata dal vivo da 2868 utenti.

suonata la prima volta su: 13/11/1996

suonata l'ultima volta su: 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
Suonata in:
13/11/1996Landmark Theatre, Syracuse, NYStati Uniti d'America
21/04/2005Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJStati Uniti d'America
22/04/2005Paramount Theatre, Asbury Park, NJStati Uniti d'America
25/04/2005Fox Theatre, Detroit, MIStati Uniti d'America
28/04/2005Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie, Grand Prairie, TXStati Uniti d'America
30/04/2005Glendale Arena, Glendale, AZStati Uniti d'America
02/05/2005Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, CAStati Uniti d'America
03/05/2005Pantages Theatre, Los Angeles, CAStati Uniti d'America
05/05/2005Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CAStati Uniti d'America
07/05/2005The Lecture Hall, Denver, COStati Uniti d'America
10/05/2005Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MNStati Uniti d'America
11/05/2005Rosemont Theatre, Chicago, ILStati Uniti d'America
14/05/2005Patriot Center, Fairfax, VAStati Uniti d'America
15/05/2005CSU Convocation Center, Cleveland, OHStati Uniti d'America
17/05/2005Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, PAStati Uniti d'America
19/05/2005The Theater at Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJStati Uniti d'America
20/05/2005Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MAStati Uniti d'America
24/05/2005The Point, DublinoIrlanda
27/05/2005Royal Albert Hall, LondraGran Bretagna
28/05/2005Royal Albert Hall, LondraGran Bretagna
30/05/2005Forest National, BruxellesBelgio
01/06/2005Palau Municipal d'Esports de Badalona, BadalonaSpagna
02/06/2005Palacio De Deportes, MadridSpagna
04/06/2005Palamalaguti Arena, BolognaItalia
06/06/2005Palalottomatica Sport Palace, RomaItalia
07/06/2005Mediolanum Forum, MilanoItalia
13/06/2005Olympia Hall, MonacoGermania
15/06/2005Festhalle, FrancoforteGermania
16/06/2005Phillipshalle, DüsseldorfGermania
19/06/2005Ahoy, RotterdamPaesi Bassi
20/06/2005AccorHotels Arena, ParigiFrancia
22/06/2005Forum, CopenaghenDanimarca
23/06/2005Scandinavium, GothenburgSvezia
25/06/2005Hovet, StoccolmaSvezia
27/06/2005Color Line Arena, AmburgoGermania
28/06/2005ICC, BerlinoGermania
13/07/2005Canadian Tire Centre, OttawaCanada
14/07/2005Air Canada Centre, TorontoCanada
16/07/2005Pepsi Arena, Albany, NYStati Uniti d'America
18/07/2005HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NYStati Uniti d'America
20/07/2005Arena at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, CTStati Uniti d'America
23/07/2005Philips Arena, Atlanta, GAStati Uniti d'America
24/07/2005Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NCStati Uniti d'America
26/07/2005Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, NCStati Uniti d'America
28/07/2005Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, PAStati Uniti d'America
31/07/2005Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OHStati Uniti d'America
01/08/2005U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, OHStati Uniti d'America
03/08/2005Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MIStati Uniti d'America
06/08/2005Fox Theatre, St. Louis, MOStati Uniti d'America
07/08/2005Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WIStati Uniti d'America
10/08/2005The Rose Garden, Portland, ORStati Uniti d'America
11/08/2005Key Arena, Seattle, WAStati Uniti d'America
13/08/2005Pontiac Theatre at GM Place, VancouverCanada
07/10/2005Civic Center, Hartford, CTStati Uniti d'America
09/10/2005Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NYStati Uniti d'America
28/10/2005TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MAStati Uniti d'America
30/10/2005TD Banknorth Garden, Boston, MAStati Uniti d'America
04/11/2005St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FLStati Uniti d'America
08/11/2005Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PAStati Uniti d'America
13/11/2005Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJStati Uniti d'America