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Throwing My Shots in All the Wrong Places

(By Gorlan of the Red Lands, 1998)
(To the Tune of "Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places")

    I've spent a lifetime practicing blows
    Head shots,
    Legs shots,
    Moulenees's,
    And butt wraps to foes
    When I'm on the pell, I'm hard to de-feat
    I can deball a fly
    As he buzzes by
    But the marshalls all think I'm a creep

      Cause I've been
      Thowing my shots in all the wrong places
      Into the knees and on the wrist braces
      It isn't planned
      Please understand
      He shifted his feet
      Yes I've been
      Throwing my shots in all the wrong places
      Just hit a cup
      And you'll cause red faces
      It was an accident
      He lifted his leg.

    I Truly intend to use only clean shots
    Helm slot
    They block
    And knock
    My sword into their gorgett
    Soon I'll be barred from fighting, I guess
    Cause when I hit a cup
    My foes all throw up
    And make the list field a mess

      Cause I've been
      Thowing my shots in all the wrong places
      Into the knees and on the wrist braces
      It isn't planned
      Please understand
      He shifted his feet
      Yes I've been
      Throwing my shots in all the wrong places
      Just hit a cup
      And you'll cause red faces
      It was an accident
      He lifted his leg.


History. The Story Behind this Song

 I'd had the title and tune in my works-in-progress file for a while. At one fighter practice, John Perigrin (one of the better fighters in Drachenwald) was practicing a new series of off-hand shots - lots of force with little accuracy. He managed to bruise me in about every unarmored spot possible. I had bruises on the rump, under the armpit, under the tricept, inside the the thigh etc. He managed to do the same to the other fighters that night as well. All these shots were legal blows. I started the song with this in mind, but when writing the song, it just worked better with illegal blows as the subject.

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