Sergio Leone Lyrics - Jackson Browne

He came 'round here with his camera and some of his American friends 

Where the money is immortal and the killing never ends 

He set out from Cinecitt? through the ruined streets of Rome 

To shoot in Almeria and bring the bodies home 

He said 

I'll be rich or I'll be dead 

I've got it all here in my head 

He could see the killers' faces and he heard the song they sang 

Where he waited in the darkness with the Viale Glorioso gang 

He could see the blood approaching and he knew what he would be 

Since the days when he was first assisting The Force of Destiny 

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He worked for Walsh and Wyler with the chariot and sword 

When he rode out in the desert he was quoting Hawks and Ford 

He came to see the masters and he left with what he saw 

What he stole from Kurosawa he bequeathed to Peckinpah 

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From the Via Tuscolana to the view from Miller Drive 

He shot the eyes of bad men and kept their deaths alive 

With the darkness and the anguish of a Goya or Van Cleef 

He rescued truth from beauty and meaning from belief 

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