Verse: tell me what's a yo
Ung man mama what's he got to live for? tossed in the shuffle child
Of everyday war.         searching for some trouble    lord, which
I'm sure he will find. spend your whole life fightin'son, meet your
Dying time. chorus: it's a shame, it's a shame lord.that the trigger
Be his only friend.  it's a shame, it's a shame lord. but it ain't
Never gonna end no  a.h. that's right he's a pocket full of hate he
Don't give a damn a.h  what fait awaits  the machine gun man. well
He ain't got no future and he ain't got no plans. what fait awaits
The machine gun man.  the machine gun man

Bridge:  he keeps on shootin' ah mama like any old fool would do