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The Jazz Butcher Lyrics Line Of Death

Lyrics

Line Of Death
It's a man's life living in West Virginia.
It can take a chisel and stick it in ya.
They say they grow the world's finest tobaccos.
I say they're wacko - totally mad!
He had a no-good job, he had this Vietnamese wife.
He had the law in his yard, he lived this trailer-camp life.
He re-invented himself, he had the Lord on his side.
He re-invented himself, he took himself for a ride.

Life in the navy suites a man fine!
Life in the navy - gonna make the world mine.
Life in the navy the American way:
Life in the navy blowing arabs away.

Chorus:

Hold on sailor, sit down sailor - don't waste your breath!
Hup! Two! Three! Four!
Floating on a boat along the line of death.

The Libyan genie grants your every wish:
He's waiting for you - with the fish!
Plays the mad dog in the T.V. drama,
Likes to wear a uniform like the dalai lama.

Life in the navy can make you go blind.
Life in the navy for a nation of swine.
You should have seen for yourself, given gum to the kids:
He don't feel proud anymore about the things that he did.

Chorus

Things move quicker and your blood runs thick along the line of death.

Found On

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Tablature

Guitar Tabs
Line of Death: verses - E,G,D chorus - C,E
Credit: Hollowhat[at]-remove- 1997-10-04 (Saturday, 4th of October 1997 - 28 years 38 days ago)

Live Stats

9 documented performances (click to explore)
1990 9 (JBC)