I Am A Target

[Paco Del Stinko]

I Am A Target - Paco del Stinko

Ever since I was born
On the wrong side of the tracks
I've had a sign that says kick me
Hanging on my back

I am a target
Oh don't you know-wo-oh-oh
A lamb in the market
Out in the cold
I am ( I am) a target

Way back in 1984
When they opened up the vault
Someone pointed their finger at me
Hung my picture on the wall

I am a target
Of the FBI-yi-eye-yi-eye
A lamb in the market
Ready to die
I am ( I am) a target

You can throw an insult or a dart
Stab me with a pencil right in my heart
You can push me up against the wall
I won't climb the fence I've seen it all

When I went off to war
All the Russians topped the hill
All my comrades ran away
But I could only stand dead still

I am a target
I'm easy to shoo-woo-oo-oot
A lamb in the market
It's the same old truth
I am ( I am) a target

[jast]

So, three days left (at least according to US timezones) until submissions are closed. For once you get my lyrics way early so people have an easier time stealing them.

I Am A Target by Jan Krüger

I remember the time when I first caught your eye
Since then not many days did go by
We're together now, and you love me so
Whenever you feel bad you let me know

I am a target of love
You're with me all day long
Watching from up above
Your feelings must be very strong
I don't go anywhere without you by my side
Oh baby, you hold on tight

I am happy with you, and you'll always be true
But you're clingy, I wish you'd get a clue
I'm not going to stray, but I need time to play
You don't need to read my e-mails every day

I am a target of suspicion
You're monitoring me
Your strange presupposition
That I'll go on a killing spree
I don't get it, please, keep my freedom alive
And knock off the panic you contrive

I would get an order of restraint on you
But the law is on your side
In fact you are the legislative body
And you're teaming up with law enforcement
I cannot hide
Oh Germany
Perhaps we're just not meant to be
I'm leaving you, it's sad but we're through
And I'm moving in with Holland

[j$]

I Am A Target by Johnny Cashpoint

(Uke & vocals recorded live as single track. Live overdubs of bass, keys and percussion)

I am a target
The Mafia is after me
That's why I'm crouching
In your bedroom closet, honestly

I'm not a stalker
Just had to find a good disguise
That's why you've caught me
In your mother's dress, and that's no lie
(Though I do make damn fine transvestite)

I have got this target of my own
All I want to be is left alone

I am a target
Witness protection's got my back
Deep undercover
Last week, my flirtation with your dad
Was warm-up for disappearing act

See, informing seemed the only way
To make sure that I could get away
With leaving you ...

I am a target ...

Dumping you's a tiny price to pat
For new life as a cross-dressing gay
Always had this target of my own
That one you'd just leave me alone

[The Weakest Suit]

Song Fight Song 080
I Am A Target
(Instrumentation: Micro BR, Nintendo DS, Korg DS-10, Jam Sessions)

Porcupine my spine with arrows
Litmus test my chest with knife blows
Acid rain my brain with bullet holes
I am a target

Circumcise my eyes with taboo
Iron lung my tongue with fish glue
Baby grand my hands with bamboo
I am a target, oh

I can’t reach the bull’s eye on my back
Scratch the X off of my chest
Or lose the red dot on my forehead

I’m resigned to take all that I can
Bear the weight of the master plan
And wear my patience like a sun tan

© 2009 Weakest Suit Songs

[johnsonic]

This week's title got me thinking about layoffs.

I Am a Target - The Hinsdale Patent

You're wasting your time staring at a blank screen
I scrimp and I save and I fuck and I fight and I gamble I pull apart at the seam
Where should I plant my soul for a bit of wisdom
To spread on warm toast and eat when I'm lonely and break down when I'm full

Where should I be?
My past in front of me.

Smokes got expensive I'm rolling my own and I'm nursing the coal until it's hurting my lungs
Sitting at some desk wearing shoes for success using language, replying to you all
Please take this sign off my back — I been kicked around
I need what I eat need someplace warm to sleep I need progress afterall.

Where should I be?
My past in front of me.

Adlib... out.

[medavox]

i am a target
let me tell you about being a target.
(ironic 808 intro)
when you go out after 9
and you wear black make up
are you a target?
are you asking for it?

if you listen to music
with guitars in it
does that make you a target?
no, I don't think so.

[Chorus]
Too many of my firneds
have been targeted
butchered
there's more of them
than there are of us
but i say it's easier
to hit a bigger target
[/Chorus]

I don't want to do
what they spend all day doing
I don't like gold
and STDs

I don't want children
until I'm 25
and I want to own
my own house

[Chorus]

[bridge]
[Rage Against the Machine-inspired outro]
revenge!

[deetak]

So... fine weather in Bulgaria, scum?
A little pistol playing in the sun, eh?
Shooting at ants & beetles?
You shoot from totaled cars
Your shots can cover the whole junkyard

You made a mistake
You never should have made a mistake
Never thought you'd shoot me out for good
You're so good

You never would wait
Just bought it and you couldn't wait
Never thought it would travel, did you
And burst through

Getting better and the talks on your mind
A little to the left and you'll be fine
Lately you're always missing
Don't move from where you are
Don't jump or aim or run, it's over

You made a mistake
You never should have made a mistake
Never thought you'd shoot me out for good
You're so good

You never would wait
Just bought it and you couldn't wait
Never thought it would travel, did you
And burst through

[womanonpiano]

"I am a Target"

By: Jo Williams

People crowd into our lives. There’s nowhere else to be.
Victims tossed upon a sea of total misery.
Attacked by evil strangers for no reason they can give.
They are free to die; why can’t they be free to live?

Chorus:
I am a target of no one. I’m misunderstood.
Some people say that I’m bad … others think I am good.
Somewhere in the middle I think the truth lies there.
Not good nor bad; I’m nothing. Life is not fair.

You’re all targets of the man. And of society.
All pawns in the game of life struggling just “to be.”
Looking for the rainbow’s end, hoping for the gold.
Life is a battle and all you get is old.

[ujnhunter]

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I'm not gonna to be like them
I'm not gonna be controlled by somethin'
I don't care if I'm left out
I don't care at all if I'm looked down upon, oh no
I don't care what you try to sell me, oh... oh no
I don't care 'cause I think for myself

Don't drink, don't smoke...
Don't drink, don't smoke, don't fuck...
Don't drink, don't smoke...
'Cause I think for myself

I AM A TARGET!

[DuToVa]

I am a target.
I am a refugee.
My lot is cast in sand,
Before mankind,
And powers unseen.

I’m not a myth.
I am a derelict.
My life is oft’ one track,
Beneath the sun,
The searing sun.

I am a seeker.
I am a hypocrite.
My mind is drawn to strife,
No wrong or right,
It’s paradise.

I’m not connected.
I am a world behind.
My will and jaw are set,
Face to the ground,
No turning ‘round.

I am a weapon.
I am a holy war.
My time is not yet here,
The sky is empty again.

I am a target.
I am a refugee.
I’m not a myth.
I am a derelict.
I am a target.