No.9 with a Bullet
No.9 with a Bullet

Cherokee Starlight - No.9 with a Bullet Lyrics

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No.9 with a Bullet Lyrics

This is the last groove on the album
We're gonna bring everybody in
One at a time, like a conga line at a cheesy discothèque

The girls are gonna sing for you
Something sweet and melodious
Something that dips way, way back
Hey ladies

As the DJ spins an ethereal dream
With nibble fingers caressing the record
Sampling the mood

I want you to fall into the groove of the vinyl
Dig way down into it, where the cracks and thistle loom above you like giants

We are just getting started now

Warming up to unleash
Hold on
Wait a minute
What time is it?
I gotta

Taken from the Billboard Music Charts
Where a tiny red bullet was placed next to songs
Of potential climbers
This figure of speech associates the subject within the list
And how it ascends rapidly, or is overwhelmingly dominant

Crash and Burn you gotta take that turn; little bit too fast
That's the chance you gotta take
Make when you gotta make; pedal on the gas; c'mon boys, ya go for a ride

Though, used in the general lexicon
And appearing in a popular movie in 1987
As well as, an episode of 21 Jump Street
The term achieved widespread usage after 2001's release of High Fidelity
Fall Out Boy used the term in 2003 in their song Goin' Down
And in 2004 actress Rachel Bilson was #58 on the Maxim Hot 100 list
But came in at #6 the following year

You go crazy; well, I ain't any different
When the way I used to be; that crash and burn
You gotta take that turn; a little bit too fast
That chance to make when you've gone to make
Little pedal on the gas; little pedal on the gas

Of the song whose sample I nicked
John Lennon was reported as saying
That he was trying to paint a picture of a Revolution using sound
Though no sound is associated to the phrase
That accompanies the charting of audio art
I have often heard the ricochet of a six shooter from an old western film
Rolling around in my head

Okay, here we go
Everybody's in now
Everybody's in
I think it's time to finally get this party started

Writer(s): Stavros Cockrell
Copyright(s): Lyrics © DistroKid
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind

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