February Album Writing Month - FAWM.ORG

I Got a Bullet (I Can Get You From Here)

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Liner Notes:

The idea was a broken English revenge/murder tune that might sound a little like Gogol Bordello. It's about a guy who loves someone who doesn't love him back. It gives him anger. He plots revenge, but is afraid to actually get near her. So ultimately he does nothing.

Who hasn't been there, right? Right?

Lyrics:

I Got a Bullet (I Can Get You From Here)
Chris Henson

I tell you once
I tell you twice
I’m gonna kill you if you can’t be nice
You kick my heart
You step it flat
Now I have anger, what you think of that?

You’re with your mama
I see you there
I hear you tell her that you don’t be scared
You don’t believe me
But I am true
You see how true when I come after you

There are times when all the world is asleep
You feel me coming
Deep in your dreams
You no have running
You no can screams
I don’t get closer
I don’t get near
I got a bullet I can get you from here.

You tell your brother
He fix my car
It broke again so baby here we are
He owe me money
You owe me too
He not aware that I come after you

Your dog is barking
Now your dog dead
Your cat is sitting on foot of your bed
He no hear something
No turn around
I get you faster than the speed of sound

There are times when all the world is asleep
You feel me coming
Deep in your heart
You no have beating
It no can start
I don’t get closer
But have no fear
I got a bullet I can get you from here.

I tell you once
Now I repeat
I’m gonna kill you with a bullet so sweet
At being angel
You were the champ
Now you behavior like a super tramp

There are times when all the world is asleep
You feel me coming
Deep in your dreams
You no can run
You no have scream
I don’t get closer
I don’t get near
I got a bullet I can get you from here.

© 2010 ChrisHensongs

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remi 1 week ago

Cool! Love the last sentence!

The accent could've been more exaggerated IMO, but the rest is done very nice and adds to the atmosphere!
Morti 2 weeks ago

Just saying I came back to listen to it again, have done several times.
Meg 2 weeks ago

I downloaded this immediately upon hearing it, but I guess I forgot to comment?

Long story short, this is my favorite FAWM song ever. It's pretty much perfect.
JRamoneWI 2 weeks ago

Nice. Good take on this song style! Very catchy and fun. Rock!
Roy Estel Hughes 2 weeks ago

I can't believe I hadn't commented on this when I first heard it, but there it is... FANTASTIC! Well written, superbly recorded and played; it's got hooks, style, a cool swooshing effect ( I likes me cool swooshy things!) and attitude. A+++++ man. You are *the* man!
tfish77 2 weeks ago

Wow! So fantastic. The guitar is absolutely perfect on this, and the lyrics are hilarious. I like how there's a little silence in each verse, definitely ups the tension. And the effects on the "times when all the world is asleep" really fit nicely (nice Supertramp reference, btw). Great song!
Benjamin Nolan 3 weeks ago

Haha! "My wife says that this song belongs in a Quentin Tarantino movie, and I have to agree. Superb all the way around!" <---- THIS!
British Boredcasting - Radio FAWM 3 weeks ago

Hahaha! This is brilliant! Can I play this on my podcast?
Christopher Frazier 4 weeks ago

I much have love this.

The clever instrumentation is well thought out and the lyric is weirdly familiar. I can't wait to hear more.
klinepen 1 month ago

Your on a serious roll. Or at least a big fat Hardee's biscuit.
Jinx 1 month ago

YES.
Frances 1 month ago

I am a sucker for any song that kicks off with an accordian solo!! I love the faux-Mexican accent, and I love how freaky this character is!!
godofpolka 1 month ago

You're a true monument to polka. I'm going to download this and put it on my iPod.
Tom DeSimone 1 month ago

My wife says that this song belongs in a Quentin Tarantino movie, and I have to agree. Superb all the way around!
Debs 1 month ago

* picks jaw up off the floor *
How did you do that?!

Does it get better than this? No, sir!
booty thieves 1 month ago

im probably not the first to say this - but i can't stop jamming to this. It needs to be in a movie - this is currently one of my favorite songs!
cts 1 month ago

Man, I had to come back and tell you again this song is a BEAST!! You got me from wherever you are!
Tobermory 1 month ago

Oh it's phenomenal, I'm loving this. I love your Supertramp reference!! 'There are times when all the world's asleep'
kenocupcake 1 month ago

OK... I've listened to this like 20 times... and I can't keep myself from smiling. Want more...
Karan 1 month ago

Oh golly gosh! How do you DO this? Perfectly written, perfectly produced. Great stuff!
Kenny Hyslop 1 month ago

This amazing. My favourite so far.
I keep having visions of a man somewhere between Gogol Bordello and Borat in an ill fitting suit walking through a town square with a gun or 7. Kind of like Boris The Bullet Dodger from Snatch.
onetomany 1 month ago

You so NAILED the broken english part - It actually had me checking where you were from
Erik Didriksen 1 month ago

Wow; are you sure you're not one of the cats from Gogol Bordello? I fully expect this in their set right behind "Start Wearing Purple." This is awesome! And I love the Supertramp quote.
booty thieves 1 month ago

maybe my favorite fawm song ive heard !
Mike Debenham 1 month ago

Is awesome. Congratulate.
Ant Lion 1 month ago

This is too cool. Horrifying and ready for the dancefloor. The blood-soaked dancefloor.
oddbod 1 month ago

thanks for your comment.
Can't believe I haven't commented on this yet!
what can I say? everyones already said it!
love the cheeky supertramp reference!
bradsoroka 1 month ago

I'm not a songwriter but I joined this network simply because I had to comment. That hook is dopety dope dope sick! Your lyrics are brilliant.
Maeflower 1 month ago

How is it I have not commented on this tune yet?? *facepalm* I know I'm a little late to the bandwagon, but I am a huge fan. This is --- brilliant. I am absolutely green with envy with your arrangement and production skills. This is creepy sexy cool and 100% brilliant.
Linzi 1 month ago

Oh my goodness me, THIS IS, this is...is what? It's not perfect - it's out of this world!
Hahaha, I fell in love with a song, I want to dance
It's soundtrack material, me say.
Sensational Alex Salmond Band 1 month ago

Brilliant. Very Bordelloesque. Great production too. Love the 'There are times...' vocal effect. Carry on!
Phil Bearce 1 month ago

Most entertaining and amazingly brilliant!
sapient network 1 month ago

Absolutely bloody marvellous. Quit now while you're ahead. See that bar up there? That's everybody's expectations for song #2. No pressure
Rick Amorphis 1 month ago

"deep in the heart you have no beating"
Terriffic in every way.
Katie Smithington 1 month ago

This is wonderful! I love it!
Dan Wallbank 1 month ago

I really thought I'd commented on this. Fantastic! It got me and my supervisor going at work, hah.
Vom Vorton 1 month ago

Great title and concept, and the song more than lives up to it. This is outstanding!
plainwhitetoast 1 month ago

Awesome! Love it.
John Natiw Music 1 month ago

Great stuff. So fun. Thanks!
james consterdine 1 month ago

Tremendous.
devin 1 month ago
Robyn Mackenzie 1 month ago

I can definitely hear the influence of Gogol Bordello here. But it's still awesome. Very catchy tune, and a little bit frightening.
AXL 1 month ago

Damn, so many comments and I can only repeat what they all say: awesome.
Scott McBride 1 month ago

Wow. Really cool. Really great quality on the demo too.
Roy Estel Hughes 1 month ago

Totally, TOTALLY cool! I really love this song, the voice, the words, the songwriting... you have really captured something here... totally digging the "radio" effect on the voice in the choruses... the song just has a great groove and moves forward and grows and grows.

can't say enough great stuff about this. Definitely watchlisted, sir!
Ankari 1 month ago

I got hooked right from the beginning, and your voice is just awesome for this, wow. Watched and downloaded!
Billy Sea 1 month ago

AWESOME! Just heard this on this on FAWM Radio. What a lot of fun, totally wonderful
Whispered Candles 1 month ago

Wow! Really brilliant! I love this!
Morti 1 month ago

Listening to this on Charlie Cheney's radio show and it's fantastic! I do wish I could be more constructive but it's catchy, got a great beat, excellent lyrics... 's all good, man.
ripped to pieces 1 month ago

brilliant - great sound - and love the lyrics

Like the drum machine (like) break
Elaine DiMasi 1 month ago

Woooooowww! I want to R~u~M~b~A to this. Oh and by the way every syllable is brilliant.
Burr Settles 1 month ago

wow... good stuff.
Tom Slatter 1 month ago

I had to listen to this as soon as I saw the tags. It did not disappoint - I love lyrics like this. Yay for up-tempo threats and violence!
Scott O. Clamp 1 month ago

This is really fun and menacing! Funacing?

Well done. Looking forward to what comes next!
Phil Norman 1 month ago

I can't stop listening to this.
Wiretap Studios 1 month ago

NICE DUDE! Love Gogol and I love this!
Steven Wesley Guiles (formerly Apple_Head) 1 month ago

This song grabbed me by the nads and then didn't let go.
It hurt, but it was worth the ride.

Like something Nick Cave would write. Great great tune and clever catchy lyrics.
This is, by far, the best Ukranian Revenge Punk Polka song I have EVER heard.
Psy-T 1 month ago

Haha! This song is brilliant!
My first favorite this FAWM.

Truly awesome all the way through, thanks a lot!
G Slade 1 month ago

ha ha ha...this is awesome...
mike skliar 1 month ago

Fantastic! great performance, great groove, great production, but even more importantly, great song!
Jeff C. 1 month ago

Wow. This is simply awesome.
Helen 1 month ago

This is just awesome.
theconsumption 1 month ago

Owned.
As in.. I have been owned. By you.

This is fantastic. D/Led.
Daddyschu 1 month ago

Oh God Yes!! I love it! First download of the year...
Michael Hacker 1 month ago

YES!
gerryb 1 month ago

Brilliant! So many moving parts. So solid and so funny!
I love the flying-below-the-radar lyrical reference to Super Tramp's Logical Song.
13 more to go.
tie dye hero 1 month ago

beautiful, man. the vernacular kind of reminds me of LOLcats. You know it says "i can has cheeseburger?" or something like that. But anyway, great song. Look forward to hearing some more

also the genre is brilliant, the Ukranian Revenge Punk Polka section of my iTunes is seriously deficient
Tennis 1 month ago

I've got a knife(and if you were only closer I could get you from here)

great tune
Valerie Cox 1 month ago

FUN! This is hilarious. The production is top-notch too. Really interesting use of FX.
ukruss 1 month ago

Love the rhythm and the vocal EQing FX. I can see Iglesias doing this. Nice production, tidy work sah!
musicmaniac 1 month ago

Wow, man! I impressed. You must been up all night to make such fine song day one! Big score for you.
Adam Hill 1 month ago

If you were chasing me, I'm not sure if I'd be terrified or laughing hysterically. Either way, fantastic (and tremendously catchy) tune.
lgilbert 1 month ago

I absolutely LOVE this. The broken English just flows wonderfully with the music and the vocals are amazing. I love the energy of the lyrics and the music. Just awesome!! Can't wait to hear more of your music!
Phil Norman 1 month ago

WOOOOOOO! Mr. Henson gets on the board early with a big one. I want to find some small flaw in this one, to tear you down and make me feel better about myself, but I can't. Great concept, great melody, great execution.
expendablefriend 1 month ago

Absolutely LOVE this. I have a massive grin on my face now! Top song.
roddy 1 month ago

Wow! I can soo picture this getting a crowd going live! Love the frantic heartbeat pace of You feel me coming
Deep in your heart
You no have beating
It no can start
I don’t get closer
But no have fear... like you're inside the victim's chest! On a side note, if this is the bar of talent I face with this FAWM thing, I'm gonna get pretty annoyed... Great tune dude.
$Charlie\'s Daily FAWMcast - charliesradioshow$ Charlie's Daily FAWMcast 1 month ago

Very forceful and confident lyric and vocal delivery, would love to get permission to play this on the radio show today. Please leave a permission for that on my soundboard if you could, thanks! http://fawm.org/fawmers/charliesradioshow
Nick Dickies 1 month ago

I like this song a lot! You do great vocals and soundwise you can put this in your playlist between Mad Manoush and Gogol Bordello easily!
lito quez 1 month ago

...like if hamlet fell in love again! LOL reminds me of some great "les negresses vertes" tunes. love it!! great job!! i like the broken english, try to keep it up throughout i think...
nightengale 1 month ago

You've got a great sound!
MAX VANREMMERDEN 1 month ago

Awesome tune !
Ben Carroll 1 month ago

it does sound very Gogol Bordello . and very good.

i like how the first line of the chorus sounds... different. like separate, or squashed, somehow? how do you do that?
Greg Lines 1 month ago

Lovely stuff. I was reminded of the Decemberists when it first started, but then it kicks in with more life. Great lyrics too. I'm a real sucker for the music stopping whilst the vocals continue.
Billy Chase 1 month ago

This is awesome. It sort of reminds me of Ween. You set the bar high for the Roanoke crowd.
cts 1 month ago

Chris, the title alone was a four star-stunner. This track is killin'. I'm reminded of Squirrel Nut Zippers for some reason. clap! Clap! Clap!
chrisshepard 1 month ago

Oh please! No human can write and record such an awesome song between midnight and 8am. Don't you have a job? You're making me envious. Bravo!