Lyrics & Song Information
Big Guns
Written By Rory Gallagher
Featured On
Jinx, Live At Rockpalast, Loreley (1982), Big Guns: The Very Best Of Rory Gallagher, Disc 1, Live at Montreux, Disk 1 (1985)
Lyrics
- WELL YOU THINK YOUR SITTING PRETTY
- BUT YOU’RE SITTING ON A POWDER KEG
- WELL, YOU THINK YOU’RE STANDING STEADY
- BUT YOU’RE AS WEAK AS A MATCHSTICK LEG
- WELL, THERE’S A RUMBLE IN THE CITY
- THERE’S A CALLOUT FOR YOUR HEAD
- NOW ISN’T IT A PITY
- YOUR FUTURE’S JUST A LUMP OF LEAD
- BUT NOW YOU’RE RUNNING SCARED, YOU’VE GOT NO PLACE TO RUN
- YOU’RE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LAW AND THE BIG GUNS
- WELL, IT’S A LONG WAY FROM THE POOL HALLS
- THROUGH THE RACKETS AND THE PETTY CRIME
- WELL, YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE A TOUGH ONE
- BUT YOU’VE BITTEN OFF TOO MUCH THIS TIME
- YOU’VE STEPPED ON THE WRONG TOES
- NOW LOOK WHO YOU’VE UPSET
- YOU’VE WALKED ON THE WRONG TOES
- YOU’VE GOT YOUR PICTURE IN THE POLICE GAZETTE
- BUT NOW YOU’RE RUNNING SCARED, YOU’VE GOT NO PLACE TO RUN
- YOU’RE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE LAW AND THE BIG GUNS
- YOUR BACK’S AGAINST THE WALL, YOU DON’T LIKE IT THERE AT ALL
- NOW YOU’RE TO PROUD TO FALL YOU GOT NO FRIENDS YOU CAN CALL
- WELL, YOU NEVER FELT SO GRITTY
- THE SWEAT’S POURING DOWN YOUR BACK
- YOU’RE LIKE A TIGER IN THE JUNGLE
- AND YOU CAN’T FIND YOUR WAY BACK
- YOU HAVEN’T PLAYED YOUR CARDS RIGHT
- YOU HAVEN’T SEEN THE SIGNS
- WELL, YOU TRIED TO RUN THE WHOLE GAME
- NOW YOU’VE COME TO THE END OF THE LINE
- BUT NOW YOU’RE RUNNING SCARED, YOU’VE GOT NO PLACE TO RUN
- NOW YOU’RE FACE TO FACE WITH THE BIG GUNS