"21 Guitar Salute"
Words and Music by André Schlesinger

Ready, Aim, Fire!

You work all fucking week, go out on Friday night
You're looking for some action and you settle for a fight
OK, steady, get ready, everybody put in the boot
We got the equalizer, it's called a 21 guitar salute

It's a 21 guitar salute
It's a 21 guitar salute
It's a...

I'm sitting in here, drinking my beer and I'm waiting for a war
It's 10 o'clock on a Saturday night and I'm so fucking bored
OK, steady, get ready, everybody gets to shoot
We got a 21 gun solution called a 21 guitar salute

It's a 21 guitar salute
It's a 21 guitar salute
It's a...

(guitar solo)

OK, steady, get ready everybody put in the boot
We got the equalizer, it's called a 21 guitar salute

It's a 21 guitar salute
It's a 21 guitar salute
It's a...

I hear the sounds of marching feet in the distance
There's a bloody revolution in the air
And I know what this looks like, but it isn't
'Cause I just want to blow something up

 

Copyright © 1986, André Schlesinger