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Patti LaBelle – Shoot Him on Sight (1981) | Track profile | Dork

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Patti LaBelle
The Spirit’s In It
Shoot Him on Sight

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Shoot Him on Sight

Release date: 28th August 1981

From The Spirit’s In It

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About This Track

"Shoot Him on Sight" is a track by Patti LaBelle, from the album The Spirit’s In It, released 28th August 1981. Full lyrics are available below.

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Patti LaBelle

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Lyrics

Shoot Him on Sight

Let me tell you a story about a man

He had a girl who was oh so fine

Caught her cheating and he lost his mind

Shot them both right where they lay

Now he's sorry but it's too late

"Why'd you do it?" his mama did say

"Thought I told you crime don't pay

Can't nobody really help you now

See son, the word is out"

Shoot him on sight

Shoot him on sight

Shoot him on sight, on sight

Shoot him on sight

Shoot him on sight

Shoot him on sight, on sight

There's a place down in Mexico

If you're running, that's the place to go

Will he make it, I just don't know

Been recognized, the word is out

They're saying

Shoot him on sight

Shoot him on sight

Shoot him on sight, on sight

Shoot him on sight

Shoot him on sight

Shoot him on sight, on sight

Ooooh, shoot that boy

Yeah, shoot 'em

Oh, they're gonna get him, y'all

Oh, they're gonna get that man

There he was, San Diego Bay

Borderline was across the way

He thought it was, he thought it was his lucky day

Until he heard, he heard somebody say

Shoot him on sight

Shoot him on sight

Shoot him on sight, on sight

Shoot him on sight

Shoot him on sight

Shoot him on sight, on sight

Well, the boy's gone now...

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Track details

From The Spirit’s In It

1981

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Album

The Spirit’s In It

Release year

1981

—Here You Come Again
—Love Lives
—Family
—Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu
—Boats Against the Current
—Shoot Him on Sight
—The Spirit's In It
—I Fell In Love Without Warning

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Writer: C. Biggz, Cynthia Biggs, D. Wansel, Dexter Wansel
Producer: Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel
Guitar: Herb Smith
Background Vocals: Patti LaBelle
Horns: MFSB
Percussion: Miguel Fuentes
Piano: Cynthia Biggs
Strings: MFSB
Synthesizer: Dexter Wansel