Fred Hampton was a young Black Panther leader in Illinois in the 1960s. He was assassinated by an FBI taskforce in a raid on his apartment in 1969; forensic evidence showed that he was shot in the head at point-blank range, and there are suggestions that he was drugged by the FBI on the night of the...
[Verse 1]
I get up and all I've got on my mind is thinking up brand new chords
Then Fred Hampton comes on and takes it all back
It brings me back to earth
[Chorus]
Sha-no-ma, sha-no-ma, sha-no-ma
Everything I knew and loved about you
Sha-no-ma, sha-no-ma, sha-no-ma
So I could get through, I've put them all away
[Verse 2]
Loss leaders, yeah, it's just the sounds that you make go right inside of me
It makes us immortal like god cannibal club takes all our icons on
[Chorus]
Sha-no-ma, sha-no-ma, sha-no-ma
Everything I knew and loved about you
Sha-no-ma, sha-no-ma, sha-no-ma
So I could get through, I've put them all up
Sha-no-ma, sha-no-ma, sha-no-ma
Tears fell down inside
[Outro]
Fred tried to change their ways, 'til he got some bullet holes
Now he lives in outer space
Freddie tried to change their ways, 'til he got some bullet holes
Now he lives in outer space
Freddie tried to change their ways
Freddie tried to change their ways, 'til he got some bullet holes
Loss Leaders was written by Britt Daniel.
Loss Leaders was produced by John Croslin.
Spoon released Loss Leaders on Mon Jan 20 1997.