Album: The Man With The Golden Gun soundtrack (1974)

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• "He has a powerful weapon,
  He charges a million a shot.
  An assassin that`s second to none,
  The Man With The Golden Gun!
  
  Lurking in some darkened doorway,
  Or crouched on a rooftop somewhere,
  In the next room, or this very one,
  The Man With The Golden Gun!
  
  Love is required, whenever he`s hired,
  It comes just before the kill.
  No one can catch him, no hitman can match him,
  For his million dollar skill.
  
  One golden shot means another poor victim,
  Has come to a glittering end,
  For a price he`ll erase anyone,
  The Man With The Golden Gun!
  
  His eye may be on you or me...Who will he bang?...We shall see...Hey!
  Love is required whenever he`s hired,
  It comes just before the kill,
  No one can catch him no hitman can match him,
  For his million dollar skill.
  
  One golden shot means another poor victim,
  Has come to a glittering end,
  If you want to get rid of someone,
  The Man With The Golden Gun...
  
  Will get it done!
  He`ll shoot anyone!
  With his golden gun!" Writer/s: DON BLACK, JOHN BARRY
  Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

• Andrew Harry Briggs from Leeds England Uk The Only Bond Movie Theme Tune That Didn't Chart Either In The UK or US.
• C-molliolli from Hankasalmi, FinlandThe Man With The Golden Eye by Alice Cooper is on the Muscle Of Love album (1974).
• Shane from Columbus, OhI forgot to mention 007's duel with Scaramanga, in which the world's, best, and most expensive assasin meets his match.
• Shane from Columbus, OhThe two memorable scene in the movie is when 007 and Sherrif J.W. Pepper are chasing Scaramanga, the three nippled, $1 million a shot assasin, through the Thai Country Side, only to wacth heplessly as Scaramanga gets awy because his car turns into an airplane.
• Jimmy from Yo Mamma, AkThe theme to The Man with the Golden Gun was almost given to Alice Cooper, but the producers of the movie preferred Lulu since she sounded like Shirley Bassey, singer of the theme to Goldfinger, Diamonds are Forever and after The Man with the Golden Gun, Moonraker.
• Grizzly from Panohai, PaThis was a terrific song for the movie "The Man with the Golden Gun," starring Roger Moore as James Bond, Christopher Lee as Francisco Scaramanga, Britt Ekland as Holly Goodnight, Herve Villiachiaze (sp) as Nick Nack, and Maude Adams as Scaramanga's mistress. I've bought the soundtrack (originally on 8-track, recently on CD) and listening to it is always a pleasure. The titular song refers to Scaramanga, a professional killer with a covert single-shot pistol (concealed as cufflinks, pen, and cigarette lighter) that fires gold bullets -- hence, his $1,000,000 per hit pricetag.

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