Send away for a priceless gift
One not subtle one not on the list
Send away for a perfect world
One not simply so absurd
In these times of doing what you're told
Keep these feelings no one knows
Whatever happened to the young man's heart
Swallowed by pain as he slowly fell apart
And I'm staring down the barrel of a forty five
Forty five swimming through the ashes of another life
Another life
No real reason to accept the way things have changed
Staring down the barrel of a forty five
Send a message to the unborn child
Keep your eyes open for a while
In a box high up on the shelf
Left for you no one else
There's a piece of a puzzle known as life known as life
Wrapped in guilt sealed up tight
Whatever happened to the young man's heart
Swallowed by pain as he slowly fell apart
And I'm staring down the barrel of a forty five
Forty five swimming through the ashes of another life
Another life
No real reason to accept the way things have changed
Staring down the barrel of a forty five
Everyone's pointing
Their fingers always condemning me
And nobody knows what I believe
I believe
And I'm staring down the barrel of a forty five
Forty five swimming through the ashes of another life
Another life
No real reason to accept the way things have changed
Staring down the barrel of a forty five
And I'm staring
Down the barrel of a forty five
And I'm swimming through the ash of another life war
There is no real reason
To accept the way winds of change
Staring down the barrel of a forty four
Forty five
Forty five
Staring down the barrel of forty five