Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Gun, artist - Ben Watt. Album song Hendra, in the genre Фолк-рок
Date of issue: 13.04.2014
Record label: Unmade Road
Song language: English
The Gun |
His family lives out in a gated community |
It makes them believe in a magic immunity |
'Armed Response' signs under the orange tree |
And beyond the razor wire you can see the glittering sea |
Cold-eyed cameras watch every door |
There’s no public access to the beach or the shore |
Private patrol cars, but that’s a joke |
It’s just two guys napping and sipping on Diet-Coke |
And as the weekend comes, well, here’s a thought — |
Neighbours relax with guns and shooting sports |
And most of the men going rat-a-tat-tat |
Well, they haven’t got any problem with that |
Until one day, a stray bullet travelling straight |
Adds our hero on his skateboard to the death rate |
Leaving his mother inconsolable |
And of course the gun law, it’s controllable |
And back by the gate |
The patrol car glides |
And bad luck stalks the roadsides |
Who decides who holds and who doesn’t hold the gun |
And who’s going to solve it with another one? |
Who’s going to solve it with another one? |
The bus rolls through the steep streets nearby |
In the late afternoons the long shadows, they soften and dry |
The wooden beach houses; |
I see the chairs on the lawn |
And books in the window, and an oncoming thunderstorm |
And into the thickening sky I watch the bonfires flare |
Black smoke melts into the blanket of night air |
They threw a wreath into the ocean last night |
It was bobbing beneath the stars and the moonlight |
And back by the gate |
The patrol car glides |
And bad luck stalks the roadsides |
Who decides who holds and who doesn’t hold the gun |
And who’s going to solve it with another one? |
Who’s going to solve it with another one? |
I’ll meet you down by the water |
I’ll meet you down by the water |