10000 Maniacs Gun Shy Lyrics

Gun Shy Lyrics

[ Natalie Merchant ]

I always knew that you would take yourself far from home 
as soon as, as far as you could go. 
By the 1/4 inch cut of your hair and 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 
you won`t meet it with your gun. 

So now you are one of the brave few, 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 
you won`t meet it with your gun taking aim. 
For I don`t mean to argue, 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? 
Well 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 
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 so good at making men.