231108: Guns Don't Kill People

from Leap Songs, Part 1 by James Tristan Redding

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lyrics

Guns don't kill people politicians do
Dig a big old hole bury the truth
Epitaph says he was resisting duress
How many more it's anybody's guess
Guns don't kill people politicians do

Guns don't kill people fragile egos do
You won't listen to me I won't listen to you
Billions take orders from a couple guys in suits
Nevermind that they're lying freeze or I'll shoot
Guns don't kill people fragile egos do

Guns don't kill people sick systems do
We're fightin' each other they make off with the loot
Brother on brother let them choke on cake
Unfriendly fire while the enemy escapes
Guns don't kill people sick systems do

Guns don't kill people white lies do
Whitewash anything brown all black and blue
Get used to the cussing normalize the hate
Keep runnin' out the clock until it's too late
Guns don't kill people white lies do

Guns don't kill people songwriters do
Audio transmission a case of the Too Woke Blues
Keep on listenin' 'til the old you is dead
Let the new ideas germinate in your head
Guns don't kill people songwriters do

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from Leap Songs, Part 1, released December 1, 2023

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James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee

British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official artist.

Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).

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