Me And A Gun

Album: Little Earthquakes (1992)
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  • Five a.m. Friday morning Thursday night far from sleep
    I'm still up and driving can't go home obviously
    So I'll just change direction 'cause they'll soon know where I live
    And I want to live
    Got a full tank and some chips

    It was me
    And a gun
    And a man
    On my back
    And I sang Holly Holy as he buttoned down his pants

    You can laugh
    It's kind of funny
    Things you think
    Times like these
    Like I haven't seen Barbados so I must get out of this
    Yes I wore a slinky red thing
    Does that mean I should spread for you, your friends
    Your father, Mr. Ed

    It was me
    And a gun
    And a man
    On my back
    But I haven't seen Barbados so I must get out of this

    And I know what this means
    Me and Jesus a few years back used to hang
    And he said it's your choice babe just remember
    I don't think you'll be back in three days time so you choose well
    Tell me what's right
    Is it my right to be on my stomach of Fred's Seville

    It was me
    And a gun
    And a man
    On my back
    But I haven't seen Barbados so I must get out of this

    And do you know Carolina
    Where the biscuits are soft and sweet
    These things go through your head when there's a man on your back
    And you're pushed flat on your stomach it's not a classic Cadillac

    It was me
    And a gun
    And a man
    On my back
    But I haven't seen Barbados so I must get out of this
    I haven't seen Barbados so I must get out of this Writer/s: TORI ELLEN AMOS
    Publisher: Downtown Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 4

  • Theresa from Murfreesboro, TnThis song will change your life. Thank heaven for Tori!
  • Sadie from Dallas, Txhttp://thedent.com/rape.html --the article I referenced
  • Sadie from Dallas, TxIn an article that can be found here, she clarifies the questions about this song. It wasn't a gun. It was a knife, and he kept telling her to sing hymns - he was strung out on drugs and she says that if he hadn;t needed another fix that she would be dead. She refused to speak about this experiance for years and then while living in England saw the movie Thema and Louise (which is the origin of the "gun" reference) and sobbed so hard the people around her started moving away. She had a gig that night and sat in the allay outside and wrote these lyrics vowing to sing it every night in concert which she did until the healing effects had become retrogressive. This song has also been instrumental in building support for RAINN (Rape Abuse and Insest Nation Network) a 1-800 line cofounded by Tori that connects victims with a local rape crisis center free of charge and annonimously.
  • Keelin from No, I Think Not., MdYeah, obviously, This guy Raped her and she kiiled him with a gun late at night and drove away around three AM. Obvious enough?
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