One of the things that really caught Cray off guard was how artists in the music industry started treating him. With Strong Persuader literally acting like a ‘smoking gun’ on the charts, offers to have Cray open major shows both here and abroad came pouring in. Tina Turner personally asked the artis...
[Verse 1]
I get a constant busy signal
When I call you on the phone
I get a strong uneasy feeling
You're not sitting there alone
I'm having nasty, nasty visions
And baby you're in every one, yeah
And I'm so afraid I'm gonna find you with
A so-called smokin' gun
[Verse 2]
Maybe you want to end it
You've had your fill of my kind of fun
But you don't know how to tell me
And you know that I'm not that dumb
I put 2 and 1 together
And you know that's not an even sum
And I know just where to catch you with
That well known smokin' gun
[Verse 3]
I'm standing here bewildered
I can't remember just what I've done
I can hear the sirens whining
My eyes blinded by the sun
I know that I should be running
My heart's beating just like a drum
Now they've knocked me down and takin' it
That still hot smokin' gun
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah . . . still hot smokin' gun
They've taken it
Still hot smokin gun
Oh they've taken it
Still hot smokin' gun
They knocked me down and taken it
Smoking Gun was written by Bruce Bromberg & Richard Cousins & Robert Cray.
Smoking Gun was produced by Bruce Bromberg & Dennis Walker.