Lenny Bruce

Album: Shot Of Love (1981)
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  • Lenny Bruce is dead but his ghost lived on and on
    Never did get any Golden Globe award, never made it to Synanon
    He was an outlaw, that's for sure
    More of an outlaw than you ever were
    Lenny Bruce is gone but his spirit's living on and on.

    Maybe he had some problems, maybe some things that he couldn't work out
    But he sure was funny and he sure told the truth and he knew what he was talking about
    Never robbed any churches, nor cut of any babies heads
    He just took the folks in high places and he shined a light in their beds
    He's on some other shore, he didn't want to live anymore.

    Lenny Bruce is dead but he didn't commit any crime
    He just had the insight to rip off the lid before its time
    I rode with him in a taxi once, only for a mile and a half
    Seemed like it took a couple of months
    Lenny Bruce moved on and like the ones that killed him, gone.

    They say he was sick 'cause he didn't play by the rules
    He just showed the wise men of his day to be nothing more than fools
    They stamped him and they labeled him like they do with pants and shirts
    He fought a war on a battlefield where every victory hurts
    Lenny Bruce was bad, he was the brother that you never had. Writer/s: BOB DYLAN
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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