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License To Kill - Cowboy Junkies



     
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Man thinks 'cause he rules the earth
He can do with it as he pleases
And if things don't change soon
He will
Knowin' man has invented his doom
First step was touchin' the moon
Now there's a woman on my block
She just sit there as the night grow still
She say
“Who gonna take away his license to kill?”
Now, they take him and they teach him
And they groom him for life
And they set him on a path
Where he's bound to get ill
Then they bury him with stars
Sell his body like they do used cars
Now there's a woman on my block
She just sit there facin' the hill

She say
“Who gonna take away his license to kill?”
Now, he's hell bent for destruction
He's afraid and confused
And his brain has been mismanaged
With great skill
All he believes are his eyes
And his eyes they just tell him lies
But there's a woman on my block
Sittin' there in a cold chill
And say
“Who gonna take away his license to kill?”
May be noisemaker, spirit maker
Heart breaker, back breaker
Leave no stone unturned
May be an actor in a plot
That might be all that you got
Till your error you clearly learn
Now, he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool
And he sees his reflection, he's fulfilled
Knowin' man is opposed to fair play
He wants it all and he wants it his way
Now, there's a woman on my block
She just sit there as the night grow still
She say
“Who gonna take away his license to kill?”

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The Cowboy Junkies is a Canadian alt-country band formed by three siblings from the Timmins entertainment family (Margo Timmins, vocals; Michael Timmins, songwriter & guitars; Peter Timmins, drums) plus Alan Anton on bass. The group formed in Toronto in 1986. The band's name was simply a random choice as they approached their first ever gig, but it has come to perfectly represent their sound. (Some sources may credit Townes Van Zandt's song "Cowboy Junkies Lament" as the source of the band's name, but that song was written especially for Cowboy Junkies several years after they coined the name.)

The Trinity Session is perhaps their best known record, recorded live in a single day on a single microphone in a church in Toronto. This album also included a unique cover version of Lou Reed's "Sweet Jane". Reed reportedly liked the Junkies' version of the song better than his own, and began performing their version in concert.

None of the band's subsequent albums have been hits outside of Canada, although the band has maintained a dedicated following and have continued to have chart hits in their native country. Following their 1998 album Miles from Our Home, Cowboy Junkies were dropped from their major label contract. They have continued to release albums on their own independent label, Latent Records.

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