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Looking for help on a music project-a tribute to the tale of Killdozer-need fiddle/banjo

Posted on 2/2/20 at 9:12 pm
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135032 posts
Posted on 2/2/20 at 9:12 pm
Video about the story of Killdozer

This is a work born of pain. Waiting on a root canal so I channeled it into this tale of a man who was wronged and took his own Justice.



Link to original song with lyrics and vocals

I’ve got another verse and a bridge done, but in my mind I hear some sort of instrumental duel. Like fiddle and banjo, something like in “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”



Anyway looking for help.

Killdozer

Well Marvin was a welder, just a humble working man,
In Granby, Colorado, where he’d make his final stand,
So now I’ll tell his tale so heed the lesson that he brings
“Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things”

Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
And when you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember

He owned a couple acres and a shop to make repairs,
Not a man to wrong another without cause,’
But some bureaucrats decided that he wasn’t good enough,
And so they destroyed his livelihood with laws,

They had finished Marvin’s business,
Left him no way in or out,
By the red tape one more common man screwed over,
But inside Heemeyer spied unfinished business of his own,
When with vengeance on his mind he eyed his Dozer

Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
And when you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember

For 18 months he built it,
Cement sandwiched within steel,
A cocoon of revenge filled with screens and guns,
With an armor plated engine,
This behemoth with a blade,
When complete it weighed in over 60 tons

On fourth of June he climbed into his tomb,
And sealed it shut,
Greased the sides so none could climb this beast of metal,
There was no door, created for it,
He just smashed right through the walls,
His legend roared as to the floor he pushed the pedal,

Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
And when you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember


The plant that caused it all, was first to fall, and the the town hall,
Then the dens of all the men who’d done him wrong,
When the cops, they tried to stop it, bullets, bombs could not prevail,
They all failed for the Killdozer was too strong,

Bridge:
Then to challenge him there in the road,
On a metal beast of his own,
Sat the man who’d colluded with men of state,
To take Heemeyer’s Land,
But Now Killdozer Stands,
In their way,
Two Treads Driven By Hate



Banjos and fiddles dueling

And though some may call him crazy,
Sometimes every normal man,
Feels the urge to hoist the black flag,
And put spit upon his hands,
In his defense,
No innocents,
Were harmed in his destruction,
He met his end,
Buried within,
A tomb of his construction,

So if you’re feeling small,
Then just recall, And give some thanks,
When they step upon the little man,
Somewhere killdozer cranks!,

Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender,
Killdozer! Killdozer-o-ozer!
When you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember




“Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things”
This post was edited on 2/3/20 at 1:12 am
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
31940 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 12:51 am to
I like the idea, seems kind of like a grunge/bluegrass fusion Ghost Riders or something.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135032 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 1:13 am to
I can feel it. The sound of heavy equipment rumbling as banjo riffs and fiddle screams, steel guitars and heavy drums.

Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
31940 posts
Posted on 2/3/20 at 6:53 am to
I remember watching that on TV, as it was happening. It was some crazy stuff.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135032 posts
Posted on 2/7/20 at 4:54 pm to
I can’t believe no one had done anything about it

I made a complete version, tweaked some of the lyrics to flow better
The Ballad of Killdozer


Killdozer

Well Marvin was a welder, just a humble working man,
In Granby, Colorado, where he’d make his final stand,
So now I’ll tell his tale so heed the lesson that he brings
“Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things”

Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
And when you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember

He owned a couple acres and a shop to make repairs,
Not a man to wrong another without cause,’
But some bureaucrats decided that he wasn’t good enough,
And so they destroyed his livelihood with laws,

They had finished Marvin’s business,
Left him no way in or out,
By the red tape one more common man screwed over,
But inside Heemeyer spied unfinished business of his own,
When with vengeance on his mind he eyed his Dozer

Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
And when you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember

For 18 months he built it,
Cement sandwiched within steel,
A cocoon of revenge filled with screens and guns,
With an armor plated engine,
This behemoth with a blade,
When complete it weighed in over 60 tons

On fourth of June he climbed into his tomb,
And sealed it shut,
Greased the sides so none could climb this beast of metal,
There was no door, created for it,
He just smashed right through the walls,
His legend roared as to the floor he pushed the pedal,

Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender
Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
And when you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember


The plant that caused it all, was first to fall, and the the town hall,
Then the dens of all the men who’d done him wrong,
When the cops, they tried to stop it, bullets, bombs could not prevail,
They all failed for the Killdozer was too strong,

Bridge:
Then to challenge him there in the road,
On a metal beast of his own,
Sat the man who’d colluded with men of state,
To take Heemeyer’s Land,
But Now Killdozer Stands,
Two Treads Driven By Hate



Banjos and fiddles duel

And though some may call him crazy,
Sometimes every normal man,
Feels the urge to hoist the black flag,
And put spit upon his hands,
In his defense,
No innocents,
Were harmed in his destruction,
He met his end,
Buried within,
A tomb of his construction,

So if you’re feeling small,
Then just recall, And give some thanks,
When they step upon the little man,
Somewhere killdozer cranks!,

Killdozer! Killdo-o-ozer!
You know sometimes a man he just refuses to surrender,
Killdozer! Killdozer-o-ozer!
When you mess with such a man he’ll give you something to remember


“Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things”


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