Who Killed Davey Moore? (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - October 1963)

Lyrics

[Chorus] Who killed Davey Moore? Why and what's the reason for? [Verse 1] "Not I," said the referee "Don't point your finger at me I could've stopped it in the eighth And maybe kept him from his fate But the crowd would've booed, I'm sure At not getting 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 fall You can't blame me at all" [Chorus] Who killed Davey Moore? Why and what's the reason for? [Verse 2] "Not us," said the angry crowd Whose screams filled the arena loud "It's too bad he had to die that night But we just like to see a good ol' fashioned fight We didn't mean for him to meet his death We just wanted to see some sweat There is nothing wrong in that It wasn't us that made him fall You can't blame us at all" [Chorus] Who killed Davey Moore? Why and what's the reason for? [Verse 3] "Not me," said his manager Puffin' on a big cigar "It's hard to say, it's hard to tell I always thought that he was well It's too bad for his wife an' kids he's dead But if he was sick, he should've said It wasn't me that made him fall You can't blame me at all" [Chorus] Who killed Davey Moore? Why and what's the reason for? [Verse 4] "Not me," says the gamblin' man With his ticket stub still in his hand "It wasn't me that knocked him down My hands didn't touch him none I didn't commit no ugly sin Anyway, I put money on him to win It wasn't me that made him fall You can't blame me at all" [Chorus] Who killed Davey Moore? Why and what's the reason for? [Verse 5] "Not me," says the boxing writer Who pounds the print on his old typewriter Saying, "Boxing is here to stay There's just as much danger in a football game" Saying, "Fist fightin' is here to stay It's just the old American way It wasn't me that made him fall You can't blame me at all" [Chorus] Who killed Davey Moore? Why and what's the reason for? [Verse 6] "Not me," said the man whose fists Laid him low in a cloud of mist Who came here from Cuba's door Where boxing ain't allowed no more "I hit him, I hit him, yes, it's true But that's what I am paid to do Don't say 'murder,' don't say 'kill' It was destiny, it was God's will" [Chorus] Who killed Davey Moore? Why and what's the reason for?