Natalie Merchant
Gun Shy
Gun Shy
I always knew that you would take yourself so far from home as soon as,
and as far as you could go. By the 1/4 inch cut of your hair by the Army issue
green, for the past eight weeks I can tell where you`ve been. For I knew, I
could see, it was all cut and dried to me there was soldier`s blue blood
streaming inside your veins. There is a world outside of this room and when you
meet it promise me that you won`t meet it with your gun.
So now you are one, one of the brave few, and it`s awful sad we need boys
like you. I hope the day never comes for "Here`s your live round son. Stock and
barrel, safety, trigger, here`s your gun." Well I knew, I could see, it was all
cut and dried to me there was soldiers blue blood streaming inside your veins.
There is a world outside of this room and when you meet it promise me that you
won`t meet it with your gun taking aim. For I don`t mean to argue, that they`ve
made a decent boy of you and I don`t mean to spoil your home coming, but baby
brother you should expect me to.
"Stock and barrel, safety, trigger, here`s your gun." So now does your
heart pitter pat with a patriotic song when you see the stripes of Old Glory
waving' For I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me there was
soldier`s blue blood streaming inside your veins. There is a world outside of
this room and when you meet it promise me that you won`t meet it with your gun
taking aim. I don`t mean to argue, they`ve made a decent boy of you and I don`t
mean to spoil your homecoming my baby brother Jude and I don`t mean to hurt you
by saying this again, they`re so good at making soldiers but they`re not as
good at making men.
Gun Shy
Gun Shy
I always knew that you would take yourself so far from home as soon as,
and as far as you could go. By the 1/4 inch cut of your hair by the Army issue
green, for the past eight weeks I can tell where you`ve been. For I knew, I
could see, it was all cut and dried to me there was soldier`s blue blood
streaming inside your veins. There is a world outside of this room and when you
meet it promise me that you won`t meet it with your gun.
So now you are one, one of the brave few, and it`s awful sad we need boys
like you. I hope the day never comes for "Here`s your live round son. Stock and
barrel, safety, trigger, here`s your gun." Well I knew, I could see, it was all
cut and dried to me there was soldiers blue blood streaming inside your veins.
There is a world outside of this room and when you meet it promise me that you
won`t meet it with your gun taking aim. For I don`t mean to argue, that they`ve
made a decent boy of you and I don`t mean to spoil your home coming, but baby
brother you should expect me to.
"Stock and barrel, safety, trigger, here`s your gun." So now does your
heart pitter pat with a patriotic song when you see the stripes of Old Glory
waving' For I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me there was
soldier`s blue blood streaming inside your veins. There is a world outside of
this room and when you meet it promise me that you won`t meet it with your gun
taking aim. I don`t mean to argue, they`ve made a decent boy of you and I don`t
mean to spoil your homecoming my baby brother Jude and I don`t mean to hurt you
by saying this again, they`re so good at making soldiers but they`re not as
good at making men.