Casa de Umlaut - January 2, 2009
It was announced today that Umlaut has chosen 'Gimme Back My Bullets' by Lynyrd Skynyrd as his official theme song for 2009. This is effective immediately.
In a brief statement Umlaut said "I'm so ready to kill it this year.."
Life is so strange when it's changin', yes indeedWell I've seen the hard times and the pressures been on me
But I keep on workin' like the workin' man do
And I've got my act together, gonna walk all over you
Gimme back my bullets
Put 'em back where they belong
Ain't foolin' around 'cause I done had my fun
Ain't gonna see no more damage done
Gimme back my bullets
Sweet talkin' people done ran me out of town
And I drank enough whiskey to float a battleship around
But I'm leavin' this game one step ahead of you
And you will not hear me cry 'cause I do not sing the blues
Gimme back my bullets
Put 'em back where they belong
Ain't foolin' around 'cause I done had my fun
Ain't gonna see no more damage done
Gimme back, gimme back my bullets
Oh, put em back... where they belong
Been up and down since I turned seventeen
Well I've been on top, and then it seems I lost my dream
But I got it back, I'm feelin' better everyday
Tell all those pencil pushers, better get out of my way
Gimme back my bullets
Put 'em back where they belong
Ain't foolin' around, 'cause I done had my fun
Ain't gonna see no more damage done
Gimme back, gimme back my bullets
Oh put 'em back where they belong
Gimme back my bullets
Winterland, San Francisco - 1976
Note: In order to prevent some of Umlaut's PC readers from believing that he's taking a pro-gun, NRA stance for 2009, I suppose I must explain the song... The "bullets" in the song refer to the term Billboard used in the 70's for hot selling records (i.e. "Number 1 with a bullet.."). To quote from the book Freebirds: The Lynyrd Skynyrd Story (Billboard Books - 2002) by Marley Brant:
"Gimme Back My Bullets had meant to express the band's desire to return to the top, but many of their fans misinterpreted exactly what Ronnie was singing about. The song turned out to be popular on the radio, and when the fans heard it in concert, they pelted the stage with a variety of types of real and live bullets. It started to get dangerous up onstage. Although Ronnie explained what they meant by "bullets" in radio interviews in an effort to clear up the misinterpretation, the band had to stop performing the song in concert lest someone got seriously hurt."
So now you know... Put 'em back where they belong.
