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Machine Gun Kelly

George Kelly Barnes (July 18, 1895 – July 18, 1954) better known as "Machine Gun Kelly", was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, during the prohibition era. He attended Central High School in Memphis. His nickname came from his favorite weapon, a Thompson submachine gun. His most infamous crime was the kidnapping of oil tycoon and businessman Charles F. Urschel in July 1933 for which he, and his gang, collected a $200,000 ransom. Urschel had collected and left considerable evidence that assisted the subsequent FBI investigation which eventually led to Kelly's arrest in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 26, 1933. His crimes also included bootlegging and armed robbery. more »

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Am I loud and clear?
Or do I gotta scream like I did every
Day when I was a troubled teen, huh?
Do you want to know my past and see
Every single scar and know what they mean
Huh? 17 running up in Mickey D's
Begging for a double cheese, huh
Singing "I don't want to grow up don’t
Nobody like you when your 23"
I came from nothing but a fucking
Unsupportive father I don't ever see
I had to watch a crooked jury
Put my brother in the penitentiary
I never fit in
Criticism, made me the man I couldn't be
I'm reminiscing on when life was different
Spending every day at Chuckee Cheese, uh

We live on front porches and swing life away
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I’ll slave till the end
And I’ll run these streets if
You give me a chance

I've been here so long
Maybe I should runaway
Try to find a summer day what is love
Love is pain
Love is butterflies and stomach aches
Love is looking out a windowpane
Tears dripping looking like you’re
In the rain
For someone you don't even know but for
Somebody you may never see again
I am only alive once
And I'ma die when God wants
So fill the sky with diamonds
Because that's how it's gonna
Look when I'm gone
Had a vision as a kid that one day
I would change the world with my song
Several years have passed and
Now that vision came
To life that boy's a fucking icon

We live on front porches and swing life away
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor I’ll slave till the end
And I’ll run these streets if
You give me a chance

Sometimes I don't want to fucking wake up
When all they want to do is bring me down
And all the things I’ve went
Through as I came up
Are the fucking reasons why I run this town

We live on front porches and swing life away
(and to my fans, I told you)
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
If love is a labor, I'll slave 'til the end
And I'll run these streets if
You give me a chance
We live on front porches and swing life away
(all my dreamers)
We get by just fine here on minimum wage
(stay real)
If love is a labor, I'll slave 'til the end
(and to my love)
And I'll run these streets if
You give me a chance (stay here)
Swing life away (what we do)
Swing life away (and what we do)
Swing life away (yeah)
Swing life away (and we just)
Swing life away (let's swing life away)
Swing life away (let's swing life away)
Swing life away (let's swing life away)
Swing life away

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