Shotgun Songtext
von Michael Beatty

Shotgun was slackin mojo
From the devil to the dime store down
I was a whisper there
Trippin like an east side hound

Down to nothing
Where cheap wine bleeds on lace
Catchin the cuff of the east side muff
Vanishing without a trace

Take it to the limit
Take it downtown
Rock it to the rhythm
Of the California sound

Take it to the limit
Take it downtown
Rock it to the rhythm
Of the California sound


Shotgun on a two lane strike
Set the pins up all in a row
Side to the left at a boy and his friend
Who strike a benevolent pose

Suburban skate boy punks
Jeer and poke as they cruise
Hang ten with the men that the cat dragged in
And the only yellow blossom that bloomed

Take it to the limit
Take it downtown
Rock it to the rhythm
Of the California sound

Take it to the limit
Take it downtown
Rock it to the rhythm
Of the California sound

Shotgun going one on one
Flippin like a vertical hold
Callous for the colors of the cartoon kids
Who never learn to do what they′re told


It's never happy
It′s never sane
Comin right down to the way that you found
A needle stickin into your vein

Take it to the limit
Take it downtown
Rock it to the rhythm
Of the California sound

Take it to the limit
Take it downtown
Rock it to the rhythm
Of the California sound

Shotgun with the brickhouse sides
Got my porno in hand
Flyin down to the underground
Lookin for a one night stand

When I was sixteen
I did it all in a year
Blacklight shine like a valentine
With a bit of belladonna and beer

Take it to the limit
Take it downtown
Rock it to the rhythm
Of the California sound

Take it to the limit
Take it downtown
Rock it to the rhythm
Of the California sound