[Intro]
Come on, southern California

[Verse 1]
She was a, a ballerina on a subway train
Stiletto heels and a candy cane
Looked like a number on a station wall
Hot on the tail of a social call
As I wet my lips I thought I had it made
Like Valentino with a hand grenade
As I made my move with my libido on
She circled once and then she dropped the bomb

[Chorus]
She got the big guns pointed at my heart
Bang, bang, shooting like a firing squad
Big guns, she blew me away
I'm down in flames

[Verse 2]
I met a sidewalk preacher on a roller skate
He said he had the key to Heaven's gate
I'll wait for the movie 'cause I been there before
That life is a battle and love is war

[Chorus]
She got the big guns pointed at my heart
Bang, bang, shooting like a firing squad, said
Big guns took me by surprise
She got my lovin' reachin' for the sky
She got the big guns pointed at my heart
Bang, bang, shooting like a firing squad, I said
Big guns, she blew me away
I'm down in flames
[Bridge]
I'm doing time like a backseat Romeo
Play solitaire with my hands in the air
Another night and no bullets to spare

[Chorus]
She got the big guns pointed at my heart
Bang, bang, shooting like a firing squad
Big guns, she blew me away
I'm down, down, down in flames
Big guns
Big guns
Look at those big guns
Big guns
Big guns
Big guns
She really really got the big guns
She shot me down in flames

[Outro]
Is it loud enough for you?
Listen, man, we've been in, uh
We've been in California now for about a week and, uh
It's the first time we've ever been out here
And I'd like to take this opportunity
To thank the people of southern California for the first sunburn of 1989, man
This next song, we're gonna slow it down just a little bit
And give you a song
It's about a boy who got in trouble with the law