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Mekons

Maverick

Release date: 1988

From So Good It Hurts
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"Maverick" is a track by Mekons, from the album So Good It Hurts, released 1988. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

Maverick

[Verse 1]

I could run in a marathon

Slow down you're going too fast

Suck the breath back through my nose

And spit on all the whitelines

Where's my baby face?

[Chorus]

Ball and chain on arms and legs

Won't keep these hands from talking

Throw acid on the shiny cars and leave this territory

I'll get chased from place to place

But I'll only finish stronger

Daddy's in the Falklands

He don't love you any longer

[Verse 2]

We struck out on a hard beaten road

Slow down you're going too fast

I ran by the president and heard his bells all ringing

Where's my baby face?

[Verse 3]

I ran past the chimneys, past the marshals

Slow down you're going to fast

My red face burnt and bare feet tore

On jagged desert rocks

Where's my baby face?

[Instr. Chorus]

[Verse 4]

I took a shot gun to a first class drawing

Slow down you're going too fast

Looking up at sweet St. Anne

And the blessed Virgin Mary

Where's my baby face?

Ball and chain. whoo ooh (slow down, you're going fast)

Ball and chain. whoo ooh (where's my baby face?)

[Chorus]

Ball and chain on arms and legs

Won't keep these hands from talking

Throw acid on the shiny cars and leave this territory

I'll get chased from place to place

But I'll only finish stronger

Daddy's in the Falklands

He don't love you any longer

He don't love you any longer

Love you any longer

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Track details

From So Good It Hurts

1988
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Album
So Good It Hurts
So Good It Hurts
Mekons
Release year
1988
  1. —Road to Florida
  2. —Ghosts of American Astronauts
  3. —Dora
  4. —Heart of Stone
  5. —Maverick
  6. —Fantastic Voyage
  7. —I'm Not Here (1967)
  8. —Robin Hood
  9. —Vengeance
  10. —(Sometimes I Feel Like) Fletcher Christian
  11. —Revenge
  12. —Johnny Miner
  13. —Poxy Lips
  14. —Ghosts of American Astronauts
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