The Ballad of Charles Whitman

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Kinky Friedman

Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman (born November 1, 1944) is an American Texas Country singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and Mark Twain. He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas. Receiving 12.6% of the vote, Friedman placed fourth in the six-person race. more »

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1973

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He was sitting up there for more than an hour, 
Way up there on the Texas Tower 
Shooting from the twenty-seventh floor. Yahoo! 
He didn't choke or slash or slit them, 
Not our Charles Joseph Whitman, 
He won't be an architect no more. 
Got up that morning calm and cool, 
He picked up his guns and walked to school. 
All the while he smiled so sweetly 
And it blew their minds completely, 
They'd never seen an Eagle Scout so cruel. 

Now won't you think for the shame and degradation 
For the school's administration 
He put on such a bold and brassy show. 
The Chancellor cried,

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