[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
           
Roland was a w

              
arrior from th

              
e Land of the 

         
Midnight Sun
             
With a Thompso

              
n gun for hire

             
, fighting to 

       
be done
            
The deal was m

             
ade in Denmark

              
 on a dark and

        
 stormy day
             
So he set out 

             
for Biafra to 

             
join the blood

  
y fray

            
Through sixty-

             
six and seven 

              
they fought th

        
e Congo war
             
With their fin

              
gers on their 

             
triggers, knee

             
-deep in gore
            
For days and n

             
ights they bat

              
tled the Bantu

          
 to their knee

s
             
They killed to

             
 earn their li

             
ving and to he

              
lp out the Con

     
golese

[Chorus]
            
Roland the Tho

              
mpson gunner..

        
.
            
Roland the Tho

              
mpson gunner..

        
.

[Verse 2]
            
His comrades f

             
ought beside h

              
im - Van Owen 

        
and the rest
             
But of all the

             
 Thompson gunn

              
ers Roland was

     
 the best
            
So the CIA dec

             
ided they want

          
ed Roland dead
             
That son-of-a-

             
bitch Van Owen

             
 blew off Rola

     
nd's head

[Chorus]
            
 Roland the  h

              
eadless Thomps

    
on  gunner
(Time, time, time,         for another peaceful war)
             
     Nor    - 

              
   way's     b

              
ravest        

 
son
(But time stands still for Roland 'til he evens up the score)

            
They can still

            
 see his headl

            
ess body stalk

              
ing through th

      
e night
             
In the muzzle 

             
flash of Rolan

             
d's Thompson g


un
             
In the muzzle 

             
flash of Rolan

             
d's Thompson g

                    
un

[Verse 3]
            
Roland searche

             
d the continen

              
t for the man 

              
who'd done him

  
 in
             
He found him i

             
n Mombassa in 

              
a barroom drin

     
king gin
            
Roland aimed h

             
is Thompson gu

              
n - he didn't 

      
say a word
             
But he blew Va

             
n Owen's body 

             
from there to 

        
Johannesburg

[Chorus]
             
Roland the hea

             
dless Thompson

                 
 gunner...
             
Roland the hea

             
dless Thompson

                 
 gunner...
             
Roland the hea

             
dless Thompson

            
 gunner...(tal

      
kin’ about the

 man)
             
Roland the hea

             
dless Thompson

                 
 gunner...

[Verse 4]
            
The eternal Th

             
ompson gunner,

              
 still wanderi

              
ng through the

 
 night
             
Now it's ten y

             
ears later but

              
 he still keep

             
s up the fight
            
In Ireland, in

             
 Lebanon, in P

             
alestine and B

erkeley...
            
Patty Hearst h

              
eard the burst

             
 of Roland's T

        
hompson gun
    
And bought it