The Gun In Question (Drawing by C. Mueller ©2010)
Out With A Bang – Rough Demo (Click to listen)
Never made a dime
but save for that
he was making cool shit
all the time
telescopes
ground from scratch
crazy plans to make
plots to hatch
hand-carved chests
for each of his kids
can’t say for sure
why he hit the skids
CHORUS
Went out with a bang
used a gun ’cause
only criminals hang
held his fire
when the telephone rang
Daddy said he did
sound strange
Out with a bang
thought he was sick
turned out to be wrong
jumped the gun
now he’s too early gone
didn’t want no part of slow dying
Laying ’round the house
got some of his stuff
masculine shit
like he was some
kinda tough
got the gun he used
black and brown
I’ve pulled that trigger
hammer finding no round
with that barrel pressed
upside my head
still glad to be breathin’
not ready for dead
CHORUS
He knew I was coming
didn’t stick around
finally showed up
he was fresh
in the ground
real piece of work
from all I’ve been told
brain runnin’ wild
hot then cold
I share his name
but not his fate
song’s comin’ from love
not from hate
CHORUS
© 2010 David Kensett Rossiter Slow Bang Music
