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Dad's Gonna Kill Me by Richard Thompson

Out in the desert there's a soldier lying dead
Vultures pecking the (1)________ out of his head
Another day that (2)__________ have (3)________ me there instead
Nobody loves me here
Nobody loves me here

Dad's gonna (4)________ me
Dad's gonna kill me

You hit the booby trap and you're in pieces
With every bullet your risk increases
Old ali baba, he's a (5)__________________ species
Nobody loves me here
Nobody loves me here

Dad's (6)__________ kill me
Dad's gonna kill me

I'm (7)________ meat in my humv frankenstein
I hit the (8)________ block, somehow I never hit the mine
The dice rolled and I got lucky (9)________ time

And dad's gonna kill me
And dad's gonna kill me

I've got a wife, a kid, another on the way
I might get home if I can (10)________ through today
Before I came out here I never (11)________ to pray
Nobody loves me here
Nobody loves me here

Dad's gonna kill me

Woo, dad's in a bad mood, dad's got the blues
It's someone else's mess that I didn't choose
At least we're winning on the Fox evening news
Nobody loves me here
Nobody loves me here

Dad's gonna kill me
Dad's gonna kill me

Dawn patrol went out and didn't (12)________ back
Hug the wire and (13)________ like I told you, Mac
Or they'll be shovelling bits of you into a sack

And dad's gonna kill me
And dad's (14)__________ (15)________ me

Who's that (16)________________ walking in my dreams?
Whose that (17)________________ cast a shadow 'cross my heart?
Who's that stranger, I (18)________ speak his name?
Must be old (19)__________ a-walking
Must be old (20)__________ a-walking

Dad's gonna kill me

Seven (21)____________ monkeys (22)________________ in a row
Standing, waiting for the sandbox to blow
Sitting targets in the wild (23)________ show
Nobody (24)__________ me here
Nobody loves me here

Dad's gonna kill me
Dad's (25)__________ kill me

Another angel got his wings this week
Charbroiled with his own willie pete
Nobody's (26)__________ if you speak double-speak

And dad's gonna kill me
And dad's gonna kill me
And dad's (27)__________ kill me
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