[ti:Brute Force and Ignorance (Live)] [ar:Rory Gallagher] [al:The Essential] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Brute Force and Ignorance (Live) - Rory Gallagher [00:21.22]Brute force and ignorance [00:23.71]Just hit town [00:26.11]Looking like survivors [00:28.49]From the lost and found [00:30.97]Brute force and ignorance [00:33.24]Have come to play [00:35.67]A one-night stand at eight o'clock [00:38.15]Then they'll be on their way [00:40.80]This old town's exploding [00:42.98]And the mayor's uptight [00:45.28]He'd like to make it to the show [00:47.88]But he knows it's not his night [00:50.63]He's got to be beholding [00:52.76]To his legal spouse [00:55.04]But she's put the thumbscrews on him [00:57.43]And snuck out of the house [00:59.30]There she goes [01:18.78]The picture on the poster [01:21.27]Raised an eyebrow or two [01:23.87]At fifty-five to seven [01:25.69]Lord you should've seen the queue [01:28.96]City slick and country hick [01:31.37]They came one and all [01:33.70]The traffic-light girl and the downhome kids [01:36.29]Assembled in the hall [01:41.19]Brute force and ignorance [01:43.37]Yes that's the name [01:45.85]The young folks gonna miss them [01:48.23]Now they've gone away [01:50.79]Well the show got so crazy [01:53.11]Today they took the billboard down [01:55.68]I'll never forget the scene last night [01:57.91]When the band was escorted out of town [02:00.39]This little town's back in slow motion [02:02.93]I'm sad to say [02:05.65]After the confusion [02:07.67]It'll never be the same [02:10.24]Well I took a walk down main street [02:12.99]Just to pass the time [02:15.08]And I could hear that music [02:17.38]Still rolling through my mind [02:20.51]Brute force and ignorance [02:22.24]They sure hit town [02:24.60]And if you want to find them buddy [02:26.94]They're down at the lost and found