Smokin' Gun - Lyrics - Badfinger

Badfinger were a British rock band that originally consisted of Pete Ham, Mike Gibbins, Tom Evans and Joey Molland. The band evolved from an earlier group called The Iveys that was formed in 1961 by Ham, Ron Griffiths and David "Dai" Jenkins in Swansea, Wales. They were signed by the Beatles' Apple label in 1968 as The Iveys. In 1969, Griffiths left and was replaced by Molland, and the band renamed itself Badfinger.

Once upon a ruthless time Lived a man folks thought was kind People called him laughing Will But inside he loved to kill Ruled a city with his mob A connoisseur on the way to rob And some refused him, they're dead or lame And old Will always dodged the blame Johnny could not help be near But he saw Will's face quite clear Old Will Parker saw him run Followed with his smoking gun He was just a fairground boy A-helping him on the wheel of joy He pulled no punches, he played the game But Old Will shot him just the same