Brute Force And Ignorance - Rory Gallagher

Brute Force and Ignorance

Just hit town

Looking like survivors

From the Lost and Found

Brute Force and Ignorance

Have come to play

A one-night stand at eight o`clock

Then they`ll be on their way

This old town`s exploding

And the mayor`s uptight

He`d like to make it to the show

But he knows it`s not his night

He`s got to be beholding

To his legal spouse

But she`s put the thumbscrews on him

And snuck out of the house

There she goes

The picture on the poster

Raised an eyebrow or two

At fifty-five to seven

Lord, you should`ve seen the queue

City slick and country hick

They came one and all

The traffic-light girl and the downhome kids

Assembled in the hall

Brute Force and Ignorance

Yes, that`s the name

The young folks gonna miss them

Now they`ve gone away

Well, the show got so crazy

Today they took the billboard down

I`ll never forget the scene last night

When the band was escorted out of town

This little town`s back in slow motion

I`m sad to say

After the confusion

It`ll never be the same

Well, I took a walk down Main Street

Just to pass the time

And I could hear that music

Still rolling through my mind

Brute Force and Ignorance

They sure hit town

And if you want to find them, buddy

They`re down at the Lost and Found