I'm Your Gun

Blew my smoke on a sunny day

When the first black powder came my way

Hot lead ball from a muzzle cold

To win fair lady and take your gold

I know it hardly seems the time

(I am your gun)

To talk of blue steel so sublime

I can understand your point of view

To tell the truth I'd scare me too

Match, wheel and flintlock, they all caught your eye

Pearl-handled ladies' models, scaled down to size

I am the peacemaker, so the theory goes

But I don't choose the company I keep and it shows

I am your gun, love me, I'm your gun

Maxim and Browning, they helped me along

Stoner, Kalashnikov thrilled to my song

Now one of me exists, for each one of you

So how can you blame me for the things that I do?

Now I take second place to the motor car

In the score of killing kept thus far

And just remember, if you don't mind

It's not the gun that kills but the man behind

I am your gun