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Tailgunner of the Flying Fortress

from Everybody Wins by Cobalt & the Hired Guns

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Filipo you gotta hold the gates
I’ve come half around the world with a promise to fulfill
It’s pouring and the hour is growing late
The sun behind the hill less than two hours to kill
So help me weave my way among these stones
I’ve got family to see I’d rather not be alone
I printed out his picture for his grave
They all said growin’ up they could see him in my face

Tailgunner of the Flying Fortress
I’ll pay my respects when I’m first in Florence
I’ll bring your banners to wave, we’ll pour wine on top of your grave
Tailgunner, it’s me that you saved

I carried here his last letters home,
sent 3 days before he flew he was younger than my son
This moment seems the slightest bit surreal
There isn’t much to say I’m not quite sure how to feel
A bugle in the distance calls out taps
and Filipo he turns asks me to fold the flag
And bidding all you brave young men adieu
Let your dreams live in me, I swear I’ll see them through

Tailgunner of the Flying Fortress
I’ll pay my respects when I’m first in Florence
I’ll bring your banners to wave, we’ll pour wine on top of your grave
Tailgunner, it’s me that you saved

credits

from Everybody Wins, released June 12, 2012
Words & Music by Tomlinson Fort
Drums: Jesse Alexander
Guitar, Lead Vox: Tomlinson Fort
Bass, Guitar: Mike Roth
Lap Steel: Keith Fort
Horns: Brian Niebhur, Jeff Vidmont, Amanda Raber, Nick Broste

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Cobalt & the Hired Guns Chicago, Illinois

A dynamo three to ten-piece from Chi sings Punky Americana w/ horns. Think The Hold Steady, the E Street Band, Fratellis, Frightened Rabbit, and “Wilco on Xanax covering The Clash.” A wise blogger once said, “Cobalt & the Hired Guns are a great live band and, for lack of a better word, their shows are simply fun. It is nice to a see a band that actually enjoys themselves on stage." (BKLYN Rocks) ... more

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