SONGS ABOUT MURDER
We took a walk that night, but it wasn't the same
We had a fight on the promenade out in the rain
She said she loved me, but she had somewhere to go
She couldn't scream while I held I close
I swore I'd never let her go
Oh come on, oh come on, oh come on
There ain't no motive for this crime
Jenny was a friend of mine
So come on, oh come on, oh come on
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Delilah – Tom Jones
I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
I saw the flickering shadow of love on her blind
She was my woman
As she deceived me I watched and went out of my mind
My my my Delilah
Why why why Delilah
I could see, that girl was no good for me
But I was lost like a slave that no man could free
I crossed the street to her house and she opened the door
She stood there laughing
I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more
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I Shot The Sheriff – Bob Marley
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy
Oh, no, oh
I shot the sheriff, but I didn't shoot no deputy
Ooh, ooh, ooh Yeah
All around in my hometown
They're tryin' to track me down, yeah
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy, for the life of a deputy
But I say, oh, now, now...
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Goodbye Earl – Dixie Chicks
Mary Anne and Wanda were the best of friends
All through their high school days
Both members of the 4H club, both active in the FFA
After graduation
Mary Anne went out lookin' for a bright new world
Wanda looked all around this town and all she found was
Earl
Well, it wasn't two weeks after she got married that
Wanda started gettin' abused
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That Earl had to die, goodbye Earl
Those black-eyed peas, they tasted alright to me, Earl
You're feelin' weak? Why don't you lay down and sleep,
Earl
Ain't it dark wrapped up in that tarp, Earl
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Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
I can't seem to face
up to the facts
I'm tense and nervous
and I can't relax
I can't sleep 'cause
my bed's on fire
Don't touch me I'm a
real live wire
Psycho Killer, qu'est
que c'est
Fa-fa-far better
Run, run, run, run,
run, run, run away
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Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
I hear the train a
comin'
It's rollin' 'round
the bend,
And I ain't seen the
sunshine
Since, I don't know
when
I'm stuck in Folsom
Prison
And time keeps
draggin' on
But that train keeps
a-rollin'
On down to San Antone
When I was just a
baby
My Mama told me,
"Son
Always be a good boy
Don't ever play with
guns,"
But I shot a man in
Reno
Just to watch him die
When I hear that
whistle blowin'
I hang my head and
cry
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Used To Love Her – Guns N’ Roses
I used to love her,
but I had to kill her
I used to love her,
but I had to kill her
I had to put her, six
feet under, and I can still hear her complain
I used to love her,
but I had to kill her
I used to love her,
but I had to kill her
I knew I'd miss her,
so I had to keep her
She's buried right in
my back yard
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Man Down – Rihanna
I didn't mean to end
his life, I know it wasn't right
I can't even sleep at
night, can't get it off my mind
I need to get out of
sight, fore I end up behind bars
What started out as a
simple altercation
Turned into a real
sticky situation
Me just thinking on
the time that I'm facing
Makes me wanna cry
Coulda been
somebody's son
And I took his heart
when
I pulled out that gun
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Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
Is this the real
life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from
reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies
and see
I'm just a poor boy,
I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy
come, easy go
A little high, little
low
Anyway the wind
blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me
Mama, just killed a
man
Put a gun against his
head
Pulled my trigger,
now he's dead
Mama, life had just
begun
But now I've gone and
thrown it all away
Mama, ooo
Didn't mean to make
you cry
If I'm not back again
this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on,
as if nothing really matters
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Do you have a favorite Murder Song?
I'm partial to Delilah.