Songwriter: Rupert Holmes
Producer: Jeffrey Lesser
Livin' ain’t for free
We been runnin' rum down to Bimini
Jim and me
From the ship to shore (From the ship to shore)
Eighty kegs of magic to start a war
Maybe more
We been livin' high on rifles and rum
We don’t give a damn where the money come
We don't give a damn 'cause we'll all be hung
When they catch us runnin' rifles and rum
Hum, hum
We supply the guns
When a politician for office runs
With his sons
We supply the men (We supply the men)
Who supply a quick revolution, then
Sail again
We been livin' high on rifles and rum
We don't give a damn where the money come
We don't give a damn ’cause we’ll all be hung
When they catch us runnin' rifles and rum
Hum, hum
We been livin’ high on rifles and rum
We don't give a damn where the money come
We don't give a damn 'cause we’ll all be hung
When they catch us runnin' rifles and rum
Hum, hum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Got you some rifles and rum
Got you some rifles and rum
Got you some rifles and rum
Got you some rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
We been runnin' rum down to Bimini
Jim and me
From the ship to shore (From the ship to shore)
Eighty kegs of magic to start a war
Maybe more
We been livin' high on rifles and rum
We don’t give a damn where the money come
We don't give a damn 'cause we'll all be hung
When they catch us runnin' rifles and rum
Hum, hum
We supply the guns
When a politician for office runs
With his sons
We supply the men (We supply the men)
Who supply a quick revolution, then
Sail again
We been livin' high on rifles and rum
We don't give a damn where the money come
We don't give a damn ’cause we’ll all be hung
When they catch us runnin' rifles and rum
Hum, hum
We been livin’ high on rifles and rum
We don't give a damn where the money come
We don't give a damn 'cause we’ll all be hung
When they catch us runnin' rifles and rum
Hum, hum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Got you some rifles and rum
Got you some rifles and rum
Got you some rifles and rum
Got you some rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
Here we come, rifles and rum
more tracks from the album
Songs That Sound Like Movies: The Complete Epic Recordings
- I Don’t Want to Hold Your Hand
- Rifles and Rum
- Studio Musician
- The Man Behind the Woman
- The Place Where Failure Goes
- Who, What, When, Where, Why
- I Don’t Want to Get Over You
- You Make Me Real
- Aw Shucks
- The Last of the Romantics
- For Beginners Only
- Philly
- Queen Bee
- Love Out of Time
- Lullaby for Myself
- Magic Trick
- Deco Lady
- You Burned Yourself Out
- Too Scared to Sing
- Singles
- Widescreen
- Touch and Go
- Terminal
- Weekend Lover
- Bagdad
- Annabella
- Soap Opera
- Brass Knuckles
- Our National Pastime
- Everything Gets Better When You’re Drunk
- Second Saxophone
- Phantom of the Opera
- Letters That Cross in the Mail
- Talk
- The One of Us (Demo for A Star Is Born)
From the albums
Rupert Holmes popular songs
- Escape (The Piña Colada Song)
- Weekend Lover
- Bagdad
- The O’Brien Girl
- Him (single edit)
- Annabella
- Special Thanks
- Cold
- Soap Opera
- Let’s Get Crazy Tonight
- You’ll Love Me Again
- Speechless
- Answering Machine
- Brass Knuckles
- I Don’t Need You
- Our National Pastime
- Partners in Crime
- Full Circle
- Morning Man
- Everything Gets Better When You’re Drunk
- Second Saxophone
- Phantom of the Opera
- Letters That Cross in the Mail
- Talk