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Archers of Loaf – Assassination on X-Mas Eve (1996) | Track profile | Dork

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Archers of Loaf
All the Nations Airports
Assassination on X-Mas Eve

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Archers of Loaf

Assassination on X-Mas Eve

Release date: 24th September 1996

From All the Nations Airports

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"Assassination on X-Mas Eve" is a track by Archers of Loaf, from the album All the Nations Airports, released 24th September 1996. Full lyrics are available below.

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Archers of Loaf

Archers of Loaf

Lyrics

Assassination on X-Mas Eve

Assassination

Shocks a nation

When such a brutal crime

Is killing Christmas time

They capped our hero

Under mistletoe

Unveiled the bitter signs

Declared and left behind

And no one wants to see it, 'cause no one can believe it

A traffic cop let some strangers free

Assassination on Christmas eve

And police and detectives were purely ineffective

The D.A.'s resignation stands

Assassination on Christmas Eve

And a traffic cop let some strangers get away

And a traffic cop let some strangers get away

Assassination

Shocks a nation

When such a brutal crime

Is killing Christmas time

They capped our hero

Under mistletoe

Unveiled the bitter signs

Declared and left behind

And no one wants to see it, 'cause no one can believe it

The teenage revolutions planned

Assassination on Christmas Eve

And police and detectives were purely ineffective

The D.A.'s resignation stands

Assassination on Christmas Eve

And a traffic cop let some strangers get away

And a traffic cop let some strangers get away

And a traffic cop let some strangers get away

And a traffic cop let some strangers get away

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From All the Nations Airports

1996

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Album

All the Nations Airports

Archers of Loaf

Release year

1996

—Scenic Pastures
—All the Nations Airports
—Assassination on X-Mas Eve
—Attack of the Killer Bees
—Bombs Away
—Bones of Her Hands
—Chumming the Ocean
—Distance Comes in Droves
—Acromegaly
—The Worst Defense
—Strangled by the Stereo Wire
—Bumpo
—Rental Sting
—Form and File

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