Ellis Paul Autobiography Of A Pistol Lyrics

Autobiography Of A Pistol Lyrics

I`m a pistol, a forty-five,
I just shot two men in this hot-house dive.

Now I`m smoking - burning hot barrel of metal. 
Believe it or not, I was bought by this guy named Ray, 
a card carrying member of the NRA,

But he left me out in his car one day,
And now the finger on my trigger hasn`t seen it`s sixteenth birthday. 
Some things they never tell you when you`re riding the assembly line. 
Like who`ll be the hands to hold you and what`s their state of mind - - 
Hey, I`m not much bigger than a pointed index finger. 
So who am I to lay the blame? 
I`m only here to cause some pain... 

The sirens -- 
I can hear them, they`re singing ... 
They`re singing my song, 
"When the sun sets, I get upset --

Darkness fills me and I want to light up the world"... 

Would you believe I`ve seen better days? 
I starred in westerns and won rave reviews.
Now I sit on a shelf, tagged for judgment day. 
I`ve got to change the jury`s point of view.
You see, guns don`t kill people, it`s the bullets that do.
I said guns don`t kill people, bullets do. 
Yeah, the bullets do...