MY FAVORITE GUN

Gene Eric Mann

A Blues number, and in the past it’s been one of my more popular songs. We’ll see how it does on AloneTone.

MY FAVORITE GUN

Pa had left us on the farm
Ten long years we raised the corn
Then he returned to Mama’s arms
To beat the sons her love had born
He’d beat Mama, ‘though she could not fight
I had to do it, ’though it wasn’t right
I took down my favorite gun
I took down my gun

Now, Your Honor, understand
How I came to do this crime
When Pa had left we worked the land
But then he bet it on a dime
He’d beat Mama, beat her just for fun
I had to do it, though I was his son
I took down my favorite gun
I took down my favorite gun
I took down my gun
My gun, my gun, my gun