Charlyn Marie Marshall, also known as Chan (pronounced "Shawn") Marshall, was born in Georgia. After dropping out of high school, she started performing under the name Cat Powerwhile in Atlanta, backed by musicians Glen Thrasher, Mark Moore, and others. She soon moved to New York City where, after opening for Liz Phair in 1994, she met Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth and Tim Foljahn of Two Dollar Guitar, who encouraged her to record, and played on her first two albums, 1995's Dear Sirand 1996's Myra Lee. In 1996 she was signed to Matador Records, and released her third album, What Would the Community Think, which spawned a single and music video, "Nude as the News". Shortly following the release of What Would the Community ThinkMarshall disappeared from the musical scene, initially working as a baby sitter in Portland, Oregon and then moving to a farmhouse in Prosperity, South Carolina with boyfriend Bill Callahan (who performs under the name Smog).
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Johnny’s Got A Gun Lyrics
Cat Power
Crush the resistence before its begun
Sounds of voices you dont have to confront
Your hands upon a hero
Becoming a man
? ? ?
Better watch out
cause johnnys got a gun
Ooh get all the armies
Get all the arms
Get all the armories
The harbours blocated
The streets barricated
Every thought is under lock and key
Theres an ideal rising that you cant protect
From the same poor souls you say you protect
Theres a fire of burning hatred in every mothers son
Better watch out because johnnys got a gun
Anchored your war ships
Claimed all the air-strips
Readied the seeds of decay
Stolen youth to fill your troups
Keeping rebellion at bay
The fathers before you now lie in the graves
Being remembered before its too late
And the sons you call rebels becoming one
Better watch out because johnnys got a gun
The hours upon you
The past will soon haunt you
Yesterday becomes today
The helpless the hopeless
The lost ones the homeless
The weak cant afford to be brave
Theres only so much a poor man can take
Before he no longer fears making mistakes
Dyings the answer
The dying be done
Better watch out because johnnys got a gun
Come from the country, come from the country
Come from the country, come from the country
The city and shore
They come from the wind and the rain
They come from the fires whose ashes are cold
They come from the desert snow
They feel theyll be dying but more than that fear
The cries of oppression that no-one can hear
To every last rebel
Surrenders all wrong
cause johnnys got a gun