Weapons (category)


Marty with sword and gun

Songs mentioning specific weapons...

54 comments:

Sylvia said...

when in walked a man with a gun in his hand,

Gimme Three Steps
Lynyrd Skynyrd

Deborah in IL said...

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

Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash

Linda Wyatt said...

I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
I know that the clubs are weapons of war

Shape of My Heart
Sting

Sylvia said...

all the other kids with their pumped-up kicks,
better run, better run
outrun my gun

Foster the People

Linda Wyatt said...

Now the valley cried in anger
Mount your horses, draw your swords!
And they killed the mountain people
So they won their just reward


One Tin Soldier
From the movie The Legend of Billy Jack
Performed by many different people

Sandra Dodd said...

We were glowin' like the metal on the edge of a knife

"Paradise by the Dashboard Light"

Deborah in IL said...

Clang Clang Maxwell's silver hammer
Made sure that he was dead

The Beatles

Sylvia said...

Rocky had come,equipped with a gun,
to shoot off the legs of his rival

The Beatles

Deborah in IL said...

No one dared to ask his business
No one dared to make a slip
For the stranger there among them had a big iron on his hip

Marty Robbins

NLWooton said...

Vera ran with lawless men who trembled when she talked
She never flinched, she never smiled, and her gun was always cocked

Vera Flew the Coop
Marian Call

Deborah in IL said...

I took my pistol from my hip
And with a trembling hand
I took the life of pretty Flo
And that good for nothing man
That good for nothing man

They're Hanging Me Tonight
Marty Robbins

ColleenP(NH) said...

We fired our guns and the British kept a'comin

The Battle of New Orleans
Johnny Horton

Sylvia said...

I was the one who got good with the gun,
took money from the rich man's land

Gimme Some Water
Eddy Money

Linda Wyatt said...

Bring me my bow of burning gold
Bring me my arrows of desire
Bring me my spear, oh clouds unfold
Bring me my chariots of fire
I shall not cease form mental fight
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Til we have built Jerusalem
On England's green and pleasant land


Jerusalem

Cap'n Franko said...

He got a .32 gun in his pocket for fun.
He got a razor in his shoe.

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce

Sandra Dodd said...

Oh give me a chance, oh give me a chance
Give me a chance for my life
You're standing there with two swords by your side
And me not as much as a knife

Matty Groves, traditional ballad

Deborah in IL said...

They all ran after the farmer's wife
She cut off their tails with a carving knife

Three Blind Mice
one of those sweet songs traditionally sung to small children...

Linda Wyatt said...

And the science gets done
And you make a neat gun
for the people who are still alive


Still Alive
Jonathan Coulton
(Portal credits song)

E.J. Anonymus said...

The Doctor's stuck in the Pandorica
Amy might be dead
And Rory's a roman with a gun inside his hand
Seems like things aren't going as planned

Big Bang Two - Chameleon Circuit

Deborah in IL said...

Some punk with a shotgun
Killed young Danny Bailey
In cold blood
In the lobby of a downtown motel

The Ballad of Danny Bailey
Elton John/Bernie Taupin

Mercedes said...

Hey Joe,
Where you goin' with that gun in your hand

Hey Joe
Jimi Hendrix

Sandra Dodd said...

And I'm not ashamed to say
The sound of guns and cannons almost made me cry

"Fernando," ABBA

Sandra Dodd said...

From his head to his toe
He was covered in ammo
Like a big, fat, drunk, disgruntled
Yuletide Rambo

...luger, flamethrower...
...bullets are flying, the body count's rising...

"The Night Santa Went Crazy," Weird Al

Mercedes said...

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand


Rockin' in the Free World
Neil Young

Deborah in IL said...

War is the common cry
Pick up your swords and fly

The Battle of Evermore
Led Zeppelin

Sandra Dodd said...

DOH!!! I Played twice in a row!? I'm so sorry.
Such a cheater, though it was an accident.

Mercedes and Deb have played. If another play comes, that's three and I might jump back in.

Mercedes said...

I heard screaming
And bullwhips cracking
How long?

Southern Man
Neil Young

Deborah in IL said...

And if I could move I'd get my gun and put her in the ground

Ruby (Don't Take Your Love to Town)
Kenny Rogers

E.J. Anonymus said...

All he had in his hand was a Barlow knife
Yeah that's what he used to take the first two lives

Rastus Russell - Adrienne Young & Little Sadie

Mercedes said...

And the rockets red glare
The bombs bursting in air

Sandra Dodd said...

But when he threatened your life
With a switchblade knife...

"Eddie," from Rocky Horror

Deborah in IL said...

And in her right hand
A silver dagger
She says that I
Can't be your bride

Silver Dagger
Joan Baez sang it in the 60's, it's probably older than that though

Deanne said...

Everybody run,
The homecoming queen's got a gun.

Julie Brown

'Zann said...

Happiness is a warm gun
is a warm gun

The Beatles

Deanne said...

Standing on the beach
With a gun in my hand,
Staring at the beach,
Staring at the sand.

The Cure

Deborah in IL said...

I'll be your sword
I'll be your shield

Sword and Shield
Sister Hazel

'Zann said...

Someone's sneakin'
around the corner
Could that someone
be Mack the Knife?


Mack the Knife
Bobby Darrin

E.J. Anonymus said...

He took out his dagger of fire and of steel
And struck down the raven through the heart, oh

Crazy Man Micheal - Fairport Convention

'Zann said...

You don't believe in war
but what's that gun you're totin'?

Eve of Destruction
Barry MacGuire

Sandra Dodd said...

I seen a man a-comin'
Comin' with a gun 'n'
I just can't be beat

Long Tall Texan (an irritating song from the 60's)

Deborah in IL said...

Two cars at a light on a Saturday night
In a backseat there was a gun
Words were passed, a shotgun blast
Troubled times had come to my hometown

My Hometown
Bruce Springsteen

'Zann said...

A man never trifles
with gals who carry rifles

You Can't Get a Man With a Gun
Annie Get Your Gun

Sylvia said...

be my mirror, my sword and shield,
my missionaries in a foreign field

Viva La Vida
Coldplay

'Zann said...

He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword

Battle Hymn of the Republic
Julia Ward Howe

Sandra Dodd said...

There's a man with a gun over there
A-tellin' me I got to beware

Buffalo Springfield, "For What it's Worth"

E.J. Anonymus said...

There could have been some gunfire
It might have been a slashed tire

Noona's Revenge - Two Nice Girls

Deanne said...

Robbing people with a six gun,
I fought the law and the law won.

The Clash

Sandra Dodd said...

Where the air smelled like snakes
We'd shoot with our pistols

Muhlenberg County

Melissa said...

Janie's got a gun
Dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run

Janie's Got a Gun
Aerosmith

Deborah in IL said...

And the future you're giving me holds nothing for a gun

Sixty Years On
Elton John / Bernie Taupin

Ellen (nursescrubs) said...

You can't get a man with a gun

(Irving Berlin, from "Annie Get Your Gun")

Ellen (nursescrubs) said...

Swing your razor high, Sweeney
Show it to the sky!

(Stephen Sondheim, from "Sweeney Todd")

Deanne said...

And you wanna run,
But he's got a gun,
And he shoots you dead,
And he eats your head,
And now you're in the man from mars.

Rapture by Blondie

Deanne said...

There's a weapon that we must use in our defense, silence.

The Go-Gos - Our Lips Are Sealed