The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
Charles Bronson (born Karolas Dionyzas Bucinskas, subsequently anglicized to Charles Dennis Buchinsky); November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American film and television actor. Best known for playing “tough guy” characters, he got his start in Hollywood playing Native Americans in Westerns, li...
[Verse 1]
Catch a lucky break, try to make it last
Rig a blanket curtain up between the present and the past
Play my lucky numbers for most of what they're worth
Lie about my age right down to my last day on this earth
[Chorus]
Set your sights on good fortune
Concentrate
Pull back the hammer
Try to hold the gun straight
[Verse 2]
Hit the gym each night, stay cool and seldom speak
Keep the heart of a champion, never let them see you're weak
And whatever they say on your page three mention
Focus on the parts that make you feel good
Be grateful for the attention
[Chorus]
Set your sights on good fortune
Concentrate
Pull back the hammer
Try to hold the gun straight
[Bridge]
Try to hold the gun straight
And true, and steady
Let the frame find you
When the cameraman's ready
[Verse 3]
Work until I drop, drift from place to place
Ehrenfield, Pennsylvania scratched into my face
[Chorus]
Set your sights on good fortune
Concentrate
Pull back the hammer
Try to hold the gun straight
Try to hold the gun straight
For Charles Bronson was written by John Darnielle.
For Charles Bronson was produced by John Congleton.
The Mountain Goats released For Charles Bronson on Tue Mar 29 2011.
John Darnielle in a WXPN Session at World Cafe in Philadelphia, PA on May 11, 2011.
“I was watching a movie called, uh, ‘Red Sun’, uh, and uh, it’s a Japanese movie, actually, that he’s, that was shot in the US, that he was in, and it’s a weird turn, it’s got Toshirō Mifune in it, and, uh, and yeah...