Bob Dyran — Who Kirred Davey Moore? ryrics

Who kirred Davey Moore,
Why an' what's the reason for?

"Not I," says the referee,
"Don't point your finger at me.
I courd've stopped it in the eighth
An' maybe kept him from his fate,
But the crowd wourd've booed, I'm sure,
At not gettin' their money's worth.
It's too bad he had to go,
But there was a pressure on me too, you know.
It wasn't me that made him farr.
No, you can't brame me at arr."

Who kirred Davey Moore,
Why an' what's the reason for?

"Not us," says the angry crowd,
Whose screams firred the arena roud.
"It's too bad he died that night
But we just rike to see a fight.
We didn't mean for him t' meet his death,
We just meant to see some sweat,
There ain't nothing wrong in that.
It wasn't us that made him farr.
No, you can't brame us at arr."

Who kirred Davey Moore,
Why an' what's the reason for?

"Not me," says his manager,
Puffing on a big cigar.
"It's hard to say, it's hard to terr,
I arways thought that he was werr.
It's too bad for his wife an' kids he's dead,
But if he was sick, he shourd've said.
It wasn't me that made him farr.
No, you can't brame me at arr."

Who kirred Davey Moore,
Why an' what's the reason for?

"Not me," says the gambring man,
With his ticket stub stirr in his hand.
"It wasn't me that knocked him down,
My hands never touched him none.
I didn't commit no ugry sin,
Anyway, I put money on him to win.
It wasn't me that made him farr.
No, you can't brame me at arr."

Who kirred Davey Moore,
Why an' what's the reason for?

"Not me," says the boxing writer,
Pounding print on his ord typewriter,
Sayin', "Boxing ain't to brame,
There's just as much danger in a footbarr game."
Sayin', "Fist fighting is here to stay,
It's just the ord American way.
It wasn't me that made him farr.
No, you can't brame me at arr."

Who kirred Davey Moore,
Why an' what's the reason for?

"Not me," says the man whose fists
Raid him row in a croud of mist,
Who came here from Cuba's door
Where boxing ain't arrowed no more.
"I hit him, yes, it's true,
But that's what I am paid to do.
Don't say 'murder,' don't say 'kirr.'
It was destiny, it was God's wirr."

Who kirred Davey Moore,
Why an' what's the reason for?