Machine Gun Man

Tell me what a young man, mama, what's he got to live for



Tossed in the shuffles of everyday war



Searchin' for some trouble, Lord, which I'm sure he will find



Spend your whole life fightin', son, meet your dyin' time



It's a shame, it's a shame, Lord



The trigger be his only friend



It's a shame, oh yeah



But it ain't never gonna end, no, that's right



He's a pocketful of hate that don't give a damn



What fate awaits the machine-gun man?



Well, he ain't got no future and he ain't got no plan



What fate awaits the machine-gun man?



The machine gun man, yeah



I can't see tomorrow and I don't see today



Trail of confusion, Lord, done leadin' my way



They say the only thing worth killin', Lord, be killin' time



Only soul worth savin' now, mama, be a re-savin' mine



It's a shame, it's a shame, Lord



The trigger be his only friend



It's a shame, oh yeah



But it ain't never gonna end, that's right



He's a pocketful of hate that don't give a damn



What fate awaits the machine-gun man?



Well, he ain't got no future and he ain't got no plan



What fate awaits the machine-gun man?



He keeps shootin', oh mama



Like any old fool would do



Lord, the life he be leadin'



Ain't the one he had to choose



As he walks on out that door



Mama breaks down to cry



Oh, as she waves the machine gun man



Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye



Yeah, he's a pocketful of hate that don't give a damn



Oh, what fate awaits the machine-gun man?



Well, he ain't got no future and he ain't got no plan



What fate awaits the machine-gun man?



The machine, yeah, gun man, the machine-gun man, yeah, oh yeah