John Mayer
Badge and Gun lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 2013
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:13
Give me my badge and gun
Give me the road that I may run
Give me that peaceful wandering free, I used to know
I've waited all I can
But I'm just not a patient man
Man, I've been hiding here for seven months or so
Hand me down my coat and hat
And grab the winter one at that
You never know how long I'll be away
Give me my badge and gun (give me my badge and gun)
Give me the songs that I once sung (songs that I once sung)
Give me those jet black, kick-back
Lay-down nights alone (those lay-down nights alone)
This house is safe and warm
But I was made to chase the storm
Taking the whole world on with big ol' empty arms
Tell my friends I tried my best (tell me friends I tried)
That one day I just up and left (I have left)
They probably saw it coming anyway (What can I say?)
Hey, hey
The lock is on the cellar door (cellar door)
I can't remember what it's for (what it's for)
I ain't been down those stairs in, oh, so long (so long)
So, so long
Give me my badge and gun
Give me the road that I must run
Give me that peaceful wandering free I used to know
The copy of your key
Is hanging where it used to be
Good as you've always been to me
The life I need to lead
Is somewhere out there calling over those hills
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Key vocabulary
- day
- 24 hoursA1
- give
- hand overA1
- house
- building to live inA1
- how
- in what wayA1
- it's
- it isA1
- key
- tool for opening locksA1
- know
- have understandingA1
- road
- path for carsA1
- run
- move fast on footA1
- say
- talkA1
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About this song
John Mayer is an American singer-songwriter whose work spans blues, pop, and R&B, along with later jam-influenced material. He is known for his hit songwriting and distinctive guitar playing that blend classic rock and soul, and for forming Dead & Company with surviving members of the Grateful Dead.