Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (TSP) by Warren Zevon
Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (TSP) by Warren Zevon

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (TSP)

Warren Zevon * Track #4 On The Stone Pony (Live Radio Broadcast)

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (TSP) Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Roland was a warrior
From the Land of the Midnight Sun
With a Thompson gun for hire
And fighting to be done
The deal was made in Denmark
On a dark and stormy day
So he set out for Biafra
To join the bloody fray

[Verse 2]
Through sixty-six and seven
They fought the Congo war
With their fingers on their triggers
Knee-deep in gore
For days and nights they battled
The Bantu to their knees
They killed to earn their living
And to help out the Congolese

[Chorus]
Roland the Thompson gunner
Roland the Thompson gunner

[Verse 3]
His comrades fought beside him
Van Owen and the rest
But of all the Thompson gunners
Roland was the best
So the CIA decided
They wanted Roland dead
And that son-of-a-bitch Van Owen
Blew off Roland's head

[Chorus]
Roland the headless Thompson gunner
Norway's bravest son
They can still see his headless body
Stalking through the night
In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun
In the muzzle flash of Roland's Thompson gun

[Verse 4]
Roland searched the continent
For the man who'd done him in
He found him in Mombasa
In a barroom drinking gin
Roland aimed his Thompson gun
He didn't say a word
But he blew Van Owen's body
From there to Johannesburg

[Chorus]
Roland the headless Thompson gunner
Roland the headless Thompson gunner
Roland the headless Thompson gunner
I'm talkin' about the man
Roland the headless Thompson gunner

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]
The eternal Thompson gunner
Still wandering through the night
Now it's ten years later
But he still keeps up the fight
In Ireland, in Lebanon
In Palestine and Berkeley
Patty Hearst heard the burst
Of Roland's Thompson gun and bought it

[Outro]
Thank you. I'm gonna play a new song for you now. I'm working on eh, working on a new album for more or less exactly next April, and I've been writing some songs with eh, my best friend and fishing buddy. He's eh, his name is Carl Hiaasen and he's eh, got some very fine novels out you can find down at the supermarket and everywhere else. I suggest you check 'em out. Carl and I have been writing some tunes together and this is one of them

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (TSP) Q&A

Who wrote Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (TSP)'s ?

Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (TSP) was written by David Lindell & Warren Zevon.

When did Warren Zevon release Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (TSP)?

Warren Zevon released Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner (TSP) on Fri Jun 09 2017.

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