Gary Burbank - Who Shot J.R.? lyrics

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With Band McNally<br />

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Why do the people all hate him so<br />

Why they shot him, I'll never know<br />

He's the star of the picture show, J.R.<br />

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Besides, he's just trying to get ahead<br />

And, oh, Lord, please tell me<br />

He can't be dead, J.R., not my hero<br />

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Like a Texas rattler, he would coil<br />

Molested the women<br />

And stole the cocktail oil<br />

But with two quick shots<br />

He got foiled, J.R.<br />

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Stop picking on that man<br />

In the Stetson hat<br />

He's just trying to run a business<br />

Now, what's wrong with that, J.R.<br />

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Now, Jock and Miss Elly<br />

They both come to mind<br />

J.R.'s their own son<br />

But they ain't blind<br />

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Sue Ellen coulda shot him<br />

That's obvious and all<br />

But she's been drinking again<br />

And she couldn't hit a wall<br />

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Bobby and Pam<br />

They have reasons, for sure<br />

But I think both of them<br />

Would just be too pure<br />

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That Friday night<br />

He was working late<br />

The night the old boy<br />

Was to meet his fate<br />

There was a lotta hate<br />

In that.38 for J.R.<br />

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Some goody two shoes<br />

Done blowed him away<br />

Well, we'll see what them<br />

Hollywood writers have to say<br />

For J.R. (sweet J.R.)<br />

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But you can't be sure of his demise<br />

Who knows where the real truth lies<br />

One thing's for sure, we all<br />

Love to despise J.R. (J.R.)<br />

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Good old J.R.<br />

Now let's deduce this thing here<br />

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Cliff Barnes<br />

He promised to do J.R. in<br />

And so did Vaughn Leland<br />

His banker and ex-friend<br />

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Little Lucy's no angel<br />

Like you'd think she'd be<br />

And Alan Beam, he seems<br />

Pretty darn suspicious to me<br />

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I wonder if it's Ray<br />

But does he have a reason<br />

We won't know that til<br />

Sometime next season<br />

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But if it's a case of jaded love<br />

Kristin coulda done it<br />

That poor soiled dove<br />

She coulda shot J.R. (J.R.)<br />

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Now I'll tell you who did it<br />

I know exactly who did it<br />

It was little John, you see<br />

He was a midget and he crawled up<br />

The stairs of that office building<br />

(Don't be silly) it were him<br />

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My fellow Americans<br />

I would like to tell you<br />

Who I think it was<br />

I think it Ronald Reagan<br />

Or John Anderson or<br />

John Anderson or Ronald Reagan<br />

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Indecision, indecision<br />

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No, man, it was Howard Cosell<br />

Cause he was the most hated man<br />

On TV til J.R. came along<br />

It had to be Howard Cosell<br />

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Oh, no, my friends, listen to me<br />

I'll tell you who shot J.R.<br />

Woo, hallelujah, it was<br />

Satan or Fred Silverman<br />

I can't wait til September<br />

I gotta know now<br />

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Who shot J.R<br />

Was it you, was it you<br />

I know it was somebody<br />

That shot that man