Martin lyrics

Martin was serious Thoughtful and sharp as a tack He'd always land feet first And water ran right Off his back Extremely well liked He was handsome and nobody's fool So eyebrows went flying When he brought Daddy's shotgun to school Don't be annoyed with me dear We're long on bravado And short on the beer I may not have made my own choice But I'm proud to be thought of as One of the boys We're having a meeting and You're all invited to stay We'll send out for pizza If anyone's leaning that way The topic today is survival And I've got the floor So who'll talk to newsmen And who'll need Some help through the door Never had time for the teams Was too busy sorting Through recurring dreams Never thought much of the noise But was proud to be thought of as One of the boys Didn't want to be nobody's dog Begging for scraps on a leash Couldn't see my hand through the fog Couldn't find no shells at the beach Now I've been handed a light Though everything's coming out black Looks like my daddy was right But I've got some bills to pay back The scene was confusion And as somewhere a window blew out He's flipping his lid I heard every reporter there shout The troubled young gunman Held eighty policemen at bay And how many children it inside Were hurt no one could say The marksman who ended the siege Was though hailed as a hero More sorry than pleased I never saw more than one choice When the bomb started ticking in One of the boys