[fishjar]

Mine

Johnny Cash - THE DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND

"Can get you into trouble, but it can't get you out"

[TheFrontRange]

"The Pistol" by former Sheriff Jim Wilson, from his debut CD "Border Bravo." (See his website www.sheriffjimwilson.com for more info!)

[Darth Muffin]

"They were having a sale at the gun store" by Leslie Fish

http://www.lawfulpath.com/ref/jukes.shtml

[rich52us]

The song my Glock 30 sings.

[Tim Burke]

The Gringo Pistolero. Must be performed on an accordion by an accomplished shooter for greatest effect.

[Cromlech]

The Clash - Guns Of Brixton (shame it doesn't really apply anymore)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfslSpsBJUU

[Gord]

I know of very few songs that reference handguns (or guns at all). I'm always looking for more, though.

One of 'em is Marty Robbins - Big Iron.

[Plain Old Bill]

Jimmy Hendrix- "Hey Joe"

[TheFrontRange]

I know it's only one little snippet, but The Police's 1981 album "Ghost In The Machine" includes the song "Invisible Sun"... one of the earliest lines is "...staring at the barrel of an Armalite."

[Monkeyleg]

"Stagger Lee," by Lloyd Price.

[The_Shootist]

Jeannie Needs a Shooter - Warren Zevon

[ACORN]

Vote #2
"Hey Joe"

[usmccpl]

The Devil's Right hand But I prefer the verson by Steve Earle

Close second is Saturdaynight Special by Skynard





one shot one kill

[Lucky 7]

It's a tie...Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" or "Gimme Back My Bullets" by Lynard Skynard. Can't decide.

Regards,
-L7

[BRASSM]

'Big Iron on his Hip' by Marty Robbins

[lwrnc1963]

Big Iron by Marty Robbins

[ChefJeff1]

I like a song with Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan, I don't know the name. "you won't get past my 44"

[bigcim]

is it jannie or jamies got a gun

[BetaShooter]

I'd vote for that "Gimmie 3 Steps" song by Lynrd Skynrd. Hey Joe is great too.

[Josh Aston]

.45 by Shinedown.

[Biker]

Another "Hey Joe" followed closely by "Gimme Three Steps".

Biker

[Geronimo45]

"The Ballad of Irving". An old classic.

[Gord]

Somebody needs to record a pro-2A album :p CCW and all that, instead of the usual 1950s revolver barfight stuff.

[frayluisfan]

All these references to gun songs, and only ONE Marty Robbins song has come up? So many to choose from...Hmm...How about:

The Ballad of the Small Man ("He was a small man, but this man was all man. He was accustomed to danger. He knew the Badlands, he knew every bad man. This man was a Ranger.")

Mr. Shorty ("Oh, it's plain that you're lookin' for trouble. Trouble's what I try to shun. But if that's what you want, then that's what you'll get, 'Cause cowboy, we're both packin' guns.")

Five Brothers (the one about the five bros who set out to find the man who murdered their pa)

And maybe my all-time favorite Marty song, The Ballad of the Alamo. That one's so good it'll make ya wanna move to Ft. Worth just so ya kin call yerself a Texan. ;)

Big Iron is a great one too, as several people have noted. Pride and the Badge is another one to check out--sung from the perspective of a sherrif who saves a town when the townspeople aren't sure if they want savin.

BTW, playing Mr. Shorty really loud is how my dad deals with vehicular-related situations that require super-human levels of restraint. :D

[Ala Dan]

Stagger Lee by Mr. Lloyd Price~!:cool: :D

[Stevie-Ray]

Desperado by Alice Cooper


Step into the street by sundown
Step into your last goodbye
You're a target just by livin
Twenty dollars will make you die

[wuluf]

"Send lawyers, guns and money, TSHHTF!"

[Deer Hunter]

Happiness, is a warm gun
*bang bang shoot shoot*
Happinessss is a waaaarm gunnn...
*bang bang shooot shooooot*

:neener:

[stdlrf11]

How about:
"Janie's Got A Gun" by Aerosmith
"Shotgun Blues" by Guns N Roses
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"

stdlrf11

[Prince Yamato]

Easy:

John Cage's 4'33". They play it all day at the indoor range I go to. I'm best known for the Beretta 92 solo. Occasionally, I'll make it a duet with the 1911 next to me.

[slicknickns]

Hahaha, where's all the rap songs?

[gremlin_bros]

justice in the barrel (bon jovi)

[lawboy]

"Me and my girlfriend"
2 Pac Chakur.

http://www.ohhla.com/anonymous/2_pac/don_kill/meandmy.2pc.txt

[foghornl]

"Sopranos" theme song..

"Woke up this mornin'
got yourself a gun
got yourself a gun"

Another part has a line about
"...with a boom-boom in your hand..."

Theme from "Palladin"

"Have Gun, Will Travel
Reads the card of a Man.
A Knight without armor
In a Savage Land

[Axman]

"Blaze of Glory"-->John Bon Jovi
"Janie's Got A Gun"-->Aerosmith
"Shoot to Thrill"-->AC/DC (Yes it's metaphorical but I love It)

and a few country songs...
"Pistol Packin' Mama"-->Al Dexter
"Folsom Prison Blues"-->Johnny Cash
"Don't Take Your Guns to Town"-->Johnny Cash

[vanilla_gorilla]

Lawyers, Guns, and Money.

[tegemu]

The Star Spangled Banner.

[CajunBass]

"Ringo" by Loren Green. Yes, He recorded a song. He may have others, but that's the only one I know of.

[TimboKhan]

+1 for ".45" by Shinedown. Whenever I get a call from Rockstar.esq, that is his ringtone on my phone, in fact.

[lance22]

I used to have a friend in NY City
Never called me by my name, just 'hillbilly'
He used to send me pictures of the broadway lights
And I'd send him some home made wine.

But he was killed by a man with a switch blade knife
For 43 dollars my friend lost his life
I'd like to spit some beech-nut in that dudes eyes
And shoot him with my ol' .45

Cuz a country boy can survive ...

[the pistolero]

+1 on Big Iron, .45, Janie's Got A Gun, Gimme Back My Bullets and Folsom Prison Blues. And here's another great one...

Company, always on the run
Destiny, is the rising sun
I was born, six-gun in my hand
Behind a gun, I make my final stand
That's why they call me, Baaaad Company....

frayluis -- I haven't heard Marty Robbins' version of "Ballad of the Alamo," but Texas singer Brian Burns does a phenomenal cover of it on his cd The Eagle and the Snake: Songs of the Texians. More than worth checking out...

[el44vaquero]

Desperado by Alice Cooper
Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix

[TheFrontRange]

Jim Wilson, former sheriff of Crockett County, TX might be right up your alley music-wise...his debut CD won the Western Music Association's "Album of the Year" award for '02 or '03...check him out at www.sheriffjimwilson.com if you're not already familiar with him.

I didn't realize he was a singer until picking up a post about it out here a couple of years ago. You may know the name from the pages of "Handguns" magazine a few years back, more recently from "Shooting Times" magazine.

[Wes Janson]

Ennio Morricone wrote the music to some nice songs from some of the old westerns. A Gringo Like Me, Ringo Rides Again, and Lonesome Billy.

"Lonesome Billy"
from the film Pistols don't Argue
music by Ennio Morricone
Sung by Peter Tevis.

Always lonely
Always looking
To get even with the men,
Who did him wrong.
That was Billy
Lonesome Billy
Who was quick to think
A gun could make him strong.
No one tougher or more daring.
Only he and his gun sharing
The great fight to live
And his great love to fight.
A rough man who played with danger,
To whom trouble was no stranger,
Until one day he lay dying.
He'd filled his date with destiny.
Never friendly
Never trusting
Always kept one ready hand near his gun.
That was Billy
Lonesome Billy
The rough man
Who would rather kill than run.
The rough man
Who would rather kill than run.



"A Gringo Like Me"
from the film Gunfight at Red Sands
music by Ennio Morricone
sung by Peter Tevis

Keep your hand on your gun
Don't you trust anyone
There's just one kind of man
That you can trust
That's a dead man...
Or a gringo like me.
Be the first one to fire
Every man is a liar
There's just one kind of man
Who tells the truth
That's a dead man...
Or a gringo like me.
Don't be a fool for a smile
Or a kiss
Or your a bullet might miss.
Keep your eye on your goal.
There's just one rule
That can save you your life,
It's a hand on your knife
And the Devil in your soul!
Keep your hand on your gun
Don't you trust anyone
There's just one kind of man
That you can trust
That's a dead man...
Or a gringo like me.
Keep your hand on your gun
Don't you trust anyone
There's just one kind of man
That you can trust
That's a dead man...
Or a gringo like me...
Or a gringo like me...
Or a gringo like me...
...like me...



"Return of Ringo"
from the film Return of Ringo
music by Ennio Morricone
sung by Maurizio Graf

I kiss at last the beloved ground of my land,
That I left one day with my hard heart full of pain.
I have looked in the faces of my old friends,
But nobody looked at me as my old friends.
And now what happens you must, you must tell me.
You must remember who I am.
If you see a man with downcast eys and ragged clothes,
Walking through your village, don't shun him but go beside.
I'm that man and now I beg you, help me, I need you.
I need you.
The liar who told my sweetheart that I was dead,
To take my place, he shall pay for this base lie.
Those who saw me as a rundown man,
Those who tried to destroy all our world,
Shall leave forever our beloved land,
Because we are fearless men.
Because we are fearless men.
Because we are fearless men.



The last one isn't precisely gun-related, but it's from a western, so I think it should count anyway, especially since it's such a beautiful piece of music. .45, Happiness is a Warm Gun, and Woke Up One Morning are also good songs.

[slicknickns]

"P89 that's what i handle by beef with. Put them hollowtips under your arm like speedstick"
-The Game and Lil Scrappy 'southside'

[Bullet Bob]

I like all the songs mentioned, but you white-breads (don't be upset, I'm one too) are leaving out some great blues songs, like Robert Johnson's .32-20 Blues.

Is Blues Bear still posting? He knew a bunch of these.

[runninmike]

Cocaine Blues-sang by many, most notable John Cash & George Thorogood.

Early one morning while making my rounds
I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my baby down
I shot her down and then I went to bed
I stuck that lovin’ forty-four beneath my head

Late the next morning I grabbed my gun
I took a shot of cocaine and away I run
I made a good run, but I run too slow
They overtook me down in juarez, mexico

I was in the hot joint takin the pill
In walked the sheriff from jericho hill
He said willy lee, your name is not jack brown.
You’re the dirty hack that shot your woman down.

Yes, oh yes, my name is willy lee,
If you got a warrant you better read it to me
I shot her down cause she made me sore
I thought I was her daddy, but she had five more

When I was arrested I was dressed in black
They stuck me on a freight train and they hauled me back
I had no friend to throw my bail
So they stuck my dried up carcas in the county jail

The next morning bout half past nine
I saw a sheriff walking down the line
The sheriff laughed as he cleared his throat
Com'on you dirty hack into the district court.

The next morning my trial began
Where I was judged by twelve honest men
And as the jury started walking out
I saw that little judge commence to look about

In bout five minutes in walked a man
Holding the verdict in his right hand
The verdict said in the first degree
I cried, oh lord, please have mercy on me

The judge smiled as he picked up his pen
Ninety nine years in the san quentin penn!
Ninety nine years underneath that Crown,
I wont forget the day I shot that bad bitch down

Com'on you hop-heads listen up to me
Stay off that whiskey and let that cocaine be...

[Axman]

Hahaha, where's all the rap songs?

The phrase "rap song' is an oxymoron! :D

[rustymaggot]

omalleys bar- nick cave and the bad seeds

caves stagger lee is great too.

[Tigerseye]

No mention yet of "Bubba Shot the Juke Box"??

[the pistolero]

No mention yet of "Bubba Shot the Juke Box"??

*gasp* Yeah! And I'm in Chesnutt's hometown every day, I oughta be ashamed of myself! Every time I hear that song now, though, I wonder to myself, was he using a wheelgun or a 1911. :D Two more songs came to mind, from Texas/Oklahoma red-dirt country band Cross Canadian Ragweed, "Walls of Huntsville":

Thought she was clever, I pulled up in the rear
I pulled out my Old Timer, I cut that boy from ear to ear
Yeah, she begged me not to do it, said her runnin' days are through
I said I forgive you, as the bullet casings flew
Satisfaction, it locomotived through my brain
Now the walls of Huntsville keep me under lock and chain...

and "Cold Hearted Woman":

Cold hearted woman, you're bringing me down in flames
Runnin' around all over town, runnin' down my name
Gonna get me a loaded pistol, hey,was that out loud?
Cold hearted woman, I'm gonna put you in the ground...

Cody Canada and the boys have an eerie fascination with violent death, I know, but they still make some great music...

[CornCod]

Another Warren Zevon song: "Roland, the Headless Thompson Gunner".

['Card]

Out on the town, lookin' for a woman, gonna give me good love.
Anybody wanna hang out with me, maybe burn me up?
She was standing alone, over by the jukebox, like she had something to sell...
I said 'Baby, what's the goin' price?' - she told me to go to hell.
AC/DC - Shot Down in Flames

[usmccpl]

i never stopped to think about how many songs mention guns of shooting til now and every marine I have served with call me the human jukebox.Now that I stop and think about it there are probly enough songs like that to fill a few months worth of sundays.





one shot one kill

[Brass Balls]

Hank Williams Jr.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I used to have a friend in NY City
Never called me by my name, just 'hillbilly'
He used to send me pictures of the broadway lights
And I'd send him some home made wine.

But he was killed by a man with a switch blade knife
For 43 dollars my friend lost his life
I'd like to spit some beech-nut in that dudes eyes
And shoot him with my ol' .45

Cuz a country boy can survive

+1

[Grunt]

Lyle Lovett's "Lights of L.A. County"


She left Dallas for California
With an old friend by her side
Well he did not say much
But one year later
He'd ask her to be his wife

And the lights of L.A. County
Look like diamonds in the sky
When you're driving through the hours
With an old friend at your side

One year later I left Houston
With an old friend by my side
Well it did not say much
But it was a beauty
Of a coal black.45

And the lights of L.A. County
Look like diamonds in the sky
When you're driving through the hours
With an old friend at your side

So I drove on all the day long
And I drove on through the night
And I thought of her a'waiting
For to be his blushing bride

And the lights of L.A. County
They looked like diamonds in the sky
As I drove into the valley
With my old friend at my side

And as she stood there at the altar
All dressed in her gown of white
Her face was bright as stars a'shining
Like I'd dreamed of all my life

And they kissed each other
And they turned around
And they saw me standing in the aisle
Well I did not say much
I just stood there watching
As that.45 told them goodbye

And the lights of L.A. County
Look like diamonds in the sky
When you're kneeling at the altar
With an old friend at your side

And the lights of L.A. County
Are a mighty pretty sight
When you're kneeling at the altar
With an old friend at your side

[Darkker]

The Refreshments - Interstate

"Handgun and bottle of Boone's in a 69' Ford and new pair of shoes..."

[GrandmasterB]

+1 on the Robert Jonson, .32-20 blues.

But the favorite has to be ZZ Top's Gun Love:


She likes to shoot her gun,
Shootin' at the target of love.
She likes to load her chamber,
Hot and tight like a black leather glove.
She's a little freak, but she'll take you in.
You might be sittin' at the end of a firing pin.
Gun love, gun love, gun love,
She's a real gun lover,
Gun love, gun love, gun love,
She's a real gun lover tonight.

She's so particular, she likes a smith and wesson or colt.
But she'll give you some lovin' as long as she's cockin' the
bolt.
Better hold on when she's up to her tricks
Playin' russian roulette but she'll load all six.
Gun love, gun love, gun love,
She's a real gun lover,
Gun love, (gun love) gun love, (gun love) gun love,
She's a real gun lover tonight.

She likes the punch deep down in her pistolero.
Running with the wild bunch, makin' like a robert dinero.
She's kinda shy but make no mistake,
She'll shoot you full of love till your love bone aches.
Gun love, gun love, gun love,
She's a real gun lover,
Gun love, (gun love) gun love, gun love,
She's a real gun lover tonight.
She's a real gun lover.
She's a real gun lover tonight.

[clang]

Lots of good ones already mentioned, but don't forget "Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring.

...When the Bullet hits the bone.....

It was a great video back when MTV played music.

[distortion9]

"Give Me Three Steps" for sure


Sublime was always good for guns in their lyrics.

Don't Push

If I had a shotgun, know what I'd do,
I'd point it straight up at the sky,
and shoot heaven on down for you.
Because the bars are always open,
and the time is always right.
And if God's good word goes unspoken,
the music goes all night.
And it goes:


Santeria

Tell sanchito that if he knows what is good for him
He best go run and hide
Daddy's got a new .45
And I won't think twice
To stick that barrel straight down sancho's throat
Believe me when I say that I got something for his punk-a**

But, perhaps my fav...

"Paul Revere"

Now here's a little story I've got to tell
About three bad brothers you know so well
It started way back in history
With Adrock, M.C.A., and me - Mike D.
Been had a little horsy named Paul Revere
Just me and my horsy and a quart of beer
Riding across the land, kicking up sand
Sheriff's posse on my tail cause I'm in demand
One lonely Beastie I be
All by myself without nobody
The sun is beating down on my baseball hat
The air is gettin' hot the beer is getting flat
Lookin' for a girl I ran into a guy
His name is M.C.A., I said, "Howdy" he said, "Hi"

He told a little story that sounded well rehearsed
Four days on the run and that he's dying of thirst
The brew was in my hand and he was on my tip
His voice was hoarse, his throat was dry he asked me for a sip
He said, "Can I get some?"
I said, "You can't get none!"
Had a chance to run
He pulled out his shotgun
He was quick on the draw I thought I'd be dead
He put the gun to my head and this is what he said,

"Now my name is M.C.A. I've got a license to kill
I think you know what time it is it's time to get ill
Now what do we have here an outlaw and his beer
I run this land, you understand I make myself clear."
We stepped into the wind he had a gun, I had a grin
You think this story's over but it's ready to begin

"Now I got the gun you got the brew
You got two choices of what you can do
It's not a tough decision as you can see
I can blow you away or you can ride with me" I said, I'll ride with you if you can get me to the border
The sheriff's after me for what I did to his daughter
I did it like this, I did it like that
I did it with a whiffleball bat
So I'm on the run the cop's got my gun
And right about now it's time to have some fun
The King Adrock that is my name
And I know the fly spot where they got the champagne."
We rode for six hours then we hit the spot
The beat was a bumping and the girlies was hot
This dude was staring like he knows who we are
We took the empty spot next to him at the bar
M.C.A. said, "Yo, you know this kid?"
I said, "I didn't." but I know he did
The kid said, "Get ready cause this ain't funny
My name's Mike D. and I'm about to get money."
Pulled out the jammy aimed it at the sky
He yelled, "Stick 'em up!" and let two fly
Hands went up and people hit the floor
He wasted two kids that ran for the door
"I'm Mike D. and I get respect
Your cash and your jewelry is what I expect"
M.C.A. was with it and he's my ace
So I grabbed the piano player and I punched him in the face
The piano player's out the music stopped
His boy had beef and he got dropped
Mike D. grabbed the money M.C.A. snatched the gold
I grabbed two girlies and a beer that's cold.

[shu]

my friends call me two-gun
i answer when they call
[repeat two lines]
i got one in my pocket,
one in my overall

- jimmie rogers

[Lucky 7]

"In Time" by Mark Collie

"I can hear what you're thinking, All your doubts and fears, And if you look in my eyes, in time you'll find, The reason I'm here.

And in time all things shall pass away, In time, you may come back someday. To live once more, or die once more, But in time, your time will be no more.

You know your days are numbered, Count them one by one, Like notches in the handle of an outlaw's gun. You can outrun the devil, if you try, But you'll never outrun the hands of time.

In time there surely, come a day In time all things shall pass away, In time you may come back some say. To live once more, or die once more, But in time, your time will be no more.

I can hear what you're thinking"

Good stuff. Love the second verse.

-L7

[bender]

Close second is Saturdaynight Special by Skynard
a big anti-gun song? or was it a joke?


Hand guns are made for killin
Aint no good for nothin else
And if you like your whiskey
You might even shoot yourself
So why dont we dump em people
To the bottom of the sea

[No_Brakes23]

{Saturday NightSpecial}-a big anti-gun song? or was it a joke?

Not a joke.

"Gimme Back My Bullets" by Lynard Skynard.

Not a song about firearms. Van Zant was vocally anti-gun. The bullets he refers to are the "Bullets" given by Billboard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_charts) on the music rating system. Same origin as the phrase, "Number One with a bullet."

A shame, since Skynyrd is good wholesome comfort food, musically speaking.

As for rap, most references are horribly inaccurate or idiot posturing. There are a few exceptions, one of which is the clever "Gun as Lover" metaphor of Tupac Shakur's Me and My Girfriend. I am not a big fan of Shakur's style of rap, but I can appreciate his comparison of clumsy teen fondling with the first time he held his pistol, (A direct quote would raise the ire of Art's Grammaw, so I will spare you. The link has already been posted by someone else.)

Doesn't film Zachariah have a song about the Colt 45, (As in 45LC)?

The Rugburns have a tragic song called The Ballard of Tommy and Marla about a couple of meth-dopers from L.A.

"Tommy had a passion for firearms
His confidence they really seemed to bolster
He bought a ninety dollar pistol for his Mar-Mar
She kept it in her little girly holster"

[High Planes Drifter]

Ray Charles/ Willie Nelson

Seven Spanish Angels
-----------------------------------------------------


He looked down into her blue eyes, and said
"Say a prayer for me". She
Threw her arms around him, whispered
"God will keep us free".
They could hear the riders comin', He said
"This is my last fight...If they
Take me back to Texas, they won't
Take me back a-live.

There were seven Spanish angels, at the
Altar of the sun.
They were prayin' for the lovers, in the
Valley of the gun.
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared,
There was thunder from the throne,
And seven spanish angels, took a-nother
Angel home.

She reached down and picked the gun up,
That lay smokin in his hand.
She said, "Father please forgive me;
I can't make it without my man."
And she knew the gun was empty,
And she knew she couldn't win,
But her final prayer was answered
When the rifles fired again.

There were seven Spanish angels, at the
Altar of the sun.
They were prayin' for the lovers, in the
Valley of the gun.
When the battle stopped and the smoke cleared,
There was thunder from the throne,
And seven spanish angels, took a-nother
Angel home.

[gremlin_bros]

how about LYNYRD SKYNYRD
who can forget three stepps
I was cutting the rug
Down at a place called The Jug
With a girl named Linda Lu
When in walked a man
With a gun in his hand
And he was looking for you know who.
He said, "Hey there fellow,
With the hair colored yellow,
Watcha tryin' to prove?
'Cause that's my woman there
And I'm a man who cares
And this might be all for you."

I was scared and fearing for my life.
I was shakin' like a leaf on a tree.
'Cause he was lean, mean,
Big and bad, Lord,
Pointin' that gun at me.
I said, "Wait a minute, mister,
I didn't even kiss her.
Don't want no trouble with you.
And I know you don't owe me
But I wish you'd let me
Ask one favor from you."

(Chorus)
"Won't you give me three steps,
Gimme three steps mister,
Gimme three steps towards the door?
Gimme three steps
Gimme three steps mister,
And you'll never see me no more."

Well the crowd cleared away
And I began to pray
As the water fell on the floor.
And I'm telling you son,
Well, it ain't no fun
Staring straight down a forty-four.
Well he turned and screamed at Linda Lu
And that's the break I was looking for.
And you could hear me screaming a mile away
As I was headed out towards the door.

[Bart Noir]

Memory fails me again, but isn't there a song with a phrase something like "spat smoke and lead and 17 inches of flame"? I think of that phrase when I shoot a full 40 grain blackpowder charge in my Dragoon (replica of course).

If anybody can recall the song and singer I'll dedicate my next six shots to him or her.

Bart Noir

[stiletto raggio]

Rocky Racoon.

Also, "The Other Shoe," by the Old 97s. It's about killing your cheatin' wife and her lover, but it's a fun song with great imagery.

One old brown shoe falls in slow motion,
And the bedsprings hover right above your head,
As bed springs do, when you're beneath them.
Someone else just climbed into your bed.

By the time she thought you'd probably got to Phoenix,
She'd arranged for your shoes to be filled.
Well you've got your pride, and a blue-steel '45,
And you're waiting for the other shoe to fall.

You'll dig a double grave out in the meadow,
And you'll curse the rain that turns the dirt to mud.
You'll take I-35 south towards Laredo,
Then you'll try to find a doctor who can prescribe an elixir
That'll make everything better, except your late wife and her lover.

By the time she thought you'd probably got to Phoenix,
She'd sealed her fate and gotten herself killed.
Well you've got your pride, and a blue-steel '45,
And you're waiting for the other shoe to fall.

[hankdatank1362]

Honestly?

Paul Oakenfold's techno song "Ready Steady Go". The song has absolutely nothing to do with guns, but it was the song they played in the Korean dance club Fever in the movie "Collateral" with Tom Cruise. And that was such an awesome scene, I felt that the song played while he does his thing should count.

And "Here comes the Boom!"...DMX, from the movie "Belly" Soundtrack.

[joab]

Delia's gone,
one more round
Delia's gone

[lepmik]

Bubba shot the jukebox is a pretty tight song. I've always assumed it was a 1911, but i guess it just as easily could have been a .45 colt revolver.

Hey Joe is great too.

My vote for the best goes to Stagger Lee (version by anyone.)

What's the Sublime song about "daddy's got a new .45?" that's a good one too.

[lepmik]

Oh, there was some rap song where part of the percussion/chorus was a handgun going off. I only heard it once, but I loved it. Yes, I like rap music as much as I like rock, bluegrass, real country and western, folk, etc. If you don't appreciate rap music, then you're not listening to the right stuff. Try older stuff like Public Enemy or NWA. Wu-Tang Clan is great too. You don't have to like it, just appreciate it for what it is.

[spooney]

I love Cocaine Blues, its my favorite Johnny Cash song.

One that hasn't been mentioned is Lights of Loving County by Charlie Robison,

Well I loved a girl.
She lived out in Pecos and she was pretty as she could be.
Well I worked them oil rigs on out in Odessa.
Just to give her whatever she needs.
Well that girl run, with an oil company bum
Because the diamond was not on her hand.
He left her soon beneath the big Loving moon
To go out and X-ray the land.
Now I sit in my car at the new Rainbow Bar downtown.
The frost on the windshield shines toward the sky
Like a thousand tiny diamonds
In the lights of Loving County.

Now I walked in that bar and I drank myself crazy
Because I was thinking about her and the man.
Then in walked a woman she's looking richer than sin
And she had ten years worth of work on her hand.
Well I followed her home when she was alone
And I put my gun to her head.
And I don't recall what happened next,
But now that rich woman... Well, she's dead.
Now I drive down the highway ten miles from my sweet baby's arms.
The moon is so bright that it don't look like night.
And the diamond, how it sparkled
In the lights of Loving County.

She opened that door and I knelt on the floor.
And I put that ring in her hand.
She said "I do" and that she'd leave with me soon
To them ol' oil rigs out in South Alabama.
Well I told her to hide that ring there inside
And wait 'til the timing was good.
And I drove on home and I was alone
Because I thought that she understood. (But you know she didn't)
Because the next night an old friend
Just called me to wish us both well.
He said he'd seen her downtown sashayin' around
And her diamond... Oh, how it sparkled.
In the lights of Loving County.

Well that sheriff he found me out wandering all around El Paso
The very next day.
You see, I'd lost my mind on that broken white line
Before I even reached Balmorhea.
Well now she's in Fort Worth and she's just giving birth
To the son of that oil company man.
And they buried that sheriff's poor old dead wife
With the ring that I stole on her hand.
You know sometimes they let me look up at that East Texas sky.
And the rain on the pines...Oh Lord, how it shines!
Like my diamond that sparkled
In the lights of Loving County.

[SACOLT]

Mike and the Mechanic's Silent Running
Ted Nugent's Kiss My Glock (see youtube.com)
Warren Zevon's Lawyers Guns and Money

[warwagon]

If memory serves me right, the song you refer to is Mr. shorty, by Marty Robbins.

[jkurtz7]

I like "Hair Trigger Colt's 44", and "Billy the Kid" by Chris LeDoux.

Jeremy

[1557]

Bart,that was a line from Marty Robbins" "Mr. Shorty."

The little man's hand was like lightnin'
The bad forty four was the same
The forty four spoke,sent lead and smoke
Seventeen inches of flame

The big one had never cleared leather,
Beaten before he could start
A little round hole had appeared on his shirt
The bullet went clear through his heart

[Axman]

Nobody even mentioned "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"?

...he got a .32 gun in his pocket for fun, he got a razor in his shoe...!!!

[Panthera Tigris]

Most gun songs are actually anti-gun. The Beatles were anti-gun, Aerosmith has had anti-gun opinions.

Saturday Night Special is an especially anti-gun song. "Handguns are made for killing, they ain't no good for nuthin else."

There are very very few songs with guns in them that are pro gun, so I can't claim to have a favorite.

[Luis Leon]

Here's one by Queen:

Steve walks warily down the street,
With the brim pulled way down low
Aint no sound but the sound of his feet,
Machine guns ready to go
Are you ready, are you ready for this
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, Im gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

How do you think Im going to get along,
Without you, when youre gone
You took me for everything that I had,
And kicked me out on my own

Are you happy, are you satisfied
How long can you stand the heat
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat

Chorus

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him
You can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him
When hes down
But Im ready, yes Im ready for you
Im standing on my own two feet
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
Repeating the sound of the beat

_____

Great thread!

regards,

Luis Leon

[pete f]

Double tap sorry

[pete f]

Loaded Gun by Rev Horton Heat.


shes a runaway Bo Deans


You know Mary was a woman fine
She was living with a hard guy
Mary got beat up
One too many times

She's a runaway
Run, run, runaway

Mary stole some money
And she got herself a gun
Then she shot her man down
Now she's on the run

Chorus

And she ain't looking back anymore
She says, "Catch me if you can, Lord"

You know she didn't want to do it
But he just jpushed her too far
Everybody's got a breaking point
And baby, there you are

Chorus

And she ain't looking back anymore
She says, "Catch me if you can, Lord"

Well that's the story
Of Mary and the gun
She's a lot tougher now
She's living on the run

Chorus

Chorus

[Axman]

Although not a handgun song (neither is "Another One Bites the Dust" for that matter), here's one of notariety.


"Praise the Lord, and Pass the Ammunition"


Down went the gunner, a bullet was his fate
Down went the gunner, then the gunners mate
Up jumped the sky pilot, gave the boys a look
And manned the gun himself as he laid aside The Book, shouting
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition and we'll all stay free!

Praise the Lord and swing into position!
Can't afford to sit around and wishin'
Praise the Lord we're all between perdition
and the deep blue sea!

Yes the sky pilot said it
You've got to give him credit
for a son - of - gun - of - a - gunner was he,
Shouting;
Praise the Lord we're on a mighty mission!
All aboard, we're not a - goin' fishin;
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition and we'll all stay free!

[ezypikns]

Sung by Michael Martin Murphy

'Way out in New Mexico long years ago,
when a man's only protection was a big .44'

[Josh Aston]

He used a 1911 in Bubba Shot the Jukebox. It shows it on the music video.

[makarovnik]

Mr. Saturday Night Special - Lynard Skynard (Spelling?)

Tommy Gun - The Clash

Happiness is a warm gun - The Beatles

Down by the river - Neil Young

[frayluisfan]

Bart, Warwagon is right. Here's the quote:

But the little man's hand was like lightning
The Bad Forty-Four was the same
The Forty-Four spoke and it sent lead and smoke Seventeen inches of flame.

[bestseller92]

Hank Jr.'s "I've Got Rights".

"I went down to the Mary Carter Paint Store
I said 'Gimme one of them Smith and Wesson Magnum .44s"

[bestseller92]

Hank Jr.'s "The Coalition to Ban Coalitions"

"They wanna get rid of my .44s and all the R rated films
If they only knew how much we'd all love to get rid of THEM."

[Troggy]

Not a huntin' song(well kinda is) but it's what I play on my way to the field.

Ted Nugent: "Strangle Hold":banghead:

[the pistolero]

Hank Jr.'s "I've Got Rights"

Ahhh, so I am not the only one who remembers that one. :D I actually heard it on the radio (KVST, Conroe, TX)...it was the first time I'd ever heard that one, and it made the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
As for "Saturday Night Special," well, all I can do when I hear that one is :barf: ...even though I love Skynyrd, I just think now, every time I hear that song, "ahhh, the theme song for Sarah Brady and her evil minions..."

[mogunner]

" Don't Take Your Guns to town" Johnny Cash

[The Real Wyatt]

but I'd say "Gimme three steps" by Skynnard -or- "Stagger Lee" by LLoyd price

[Johnny Guest]

- - But many have been mentioned which do NOT refer to Handguns.

I like "The Pistol" as performed by Jim Wilson, mentioned above.

Several done by Robert Earl Keene - -
"Ballad of Tom Ames,": Trapped in an alley in Abilene, with all but four shells spent . . . . He cocked both his pistols and spit in the dirt, and stepped out into the street.

"The Road Goes On Forever": Sonny met the Cubans at a place out on the route
With a briefcase full of money and a pistol in his boot.

Warren Zevon - - -
"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead": I got a .38 Special upon the shelf . . .

Bunch more, but I'm getting sleepy.
:p
Johnny

[CoachVince]

Elton John (yes, Elton John!)

My Father's Gun
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin

From this day on I own my father's gun
We dug his shallow grave beneath the sun
I laid his broken body down below the southern land
It wouldn't do to bury him where any Yankee stands

I'll take my horse and I'll ride the northern plain
To wear the colour of the greys and join the fight again
I'll not rest until I know the cause is fought and won
From this day on until I die I'll wear my father's gun

I'd like to know where the riverboat sails tonight
To New Orleans well that's just fine alright
`Cause there's fighting there and the company needs men
So slip us a rope and sail on round the bend

As soon as this is over we'll go home
To plant the seeds of justice in our bones
To watch the children growing and see the women sewing
There'll be laughter when the bells of freedom ring

[pistolero]

16 shells from a 30-06. John Hammond?

[stdlrf11]

Poncho and Lefty by Willie Nelson

Beer for my Horses by Willie and Toby Keith

The Thunder Rolls by Garth Brooks

"She runs back down the hallway
Through the bedroom door
She reaches for the pistol
Kept in the dresser drawer.
She tells the lady in the mirror
He won't do this again.
Tonight will be the last time
She'll wonder where he's been.

[Johnny Guest]

"Stagger Lee"
. . . he toted a stack-barrel blow gun*
And a steel blue forty-fo'

*One name for the Remington over/under .41 derringer.

"Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown"
. . . He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun
And a razor in his shoe.

And a couple of newer ones - -

"Lilly, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts,"
sung by Joan Baez
No one knew the circumstance but it happened pretty quick
The door to the dressing room swung open
And a Colt revolver clicked . . .

"Jesse With The Long Hair", performed by Robert Earl Keen
Jesse took a powder, slicked his long hair back
put a cartridge in his gun and stepped outside his shack . . .

Mr. Brown was all alone when Luann came walking in.
She pulled a pistol from her purse and pointed it at him.
When the door blew open she turned to look around
It was Jesse with the long hair hangin' down.

Mr. Brown grabbed Luann's gun and held it to her head.
"I'll blow her to Kingdom Come" is what the banker said.
In that fateful moment Jesse stood his ground.
Jesse with the long hair hangin' down . . . .
The bullet that killed Mr. Brown came through the windowpane.
It put a hole above one eye and lodged down in his brain.
He never saw a puff of smoke, no flash, no fire, no sound.
From Jesse with the long hair hangin' down.

Best
Johnny

[Plain Old Bill]

Y'know, the mention of Elton John brought back a memory- the was a song called "Tickin'" , I think it was from his Cherokee album. You can't find it now..he has mentioned he's sorry he wrote it. It's the story of a boy who goes crazy and shoots 14 people, then is shot by the police...
Actually, it's a beautiful piece of music.

[bender]

I can't believe all the votes for "Saturday Night Special" by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

yeah, its great music, but still... a song about guns being good for nothing, and telling you to throw 'em all to the bottom of the sea...

I would think that it would rate as a "least favorite gun song...".

[Lucky Derby]

Bubba Shot the Jukebox

[.45FMJoe]

No Lightnin' Hopkins fans in the house?

Lightnin' Hopkins - Shotgun Blues

+1 on Bubba shot the Jukebox.

Johnny Cash is one of my all time favorites, so... 'nuff said.


Oh, and whoever it was who mentioned Cross Canadian Ragweed: ROCK ON! They are great live, too. I've been listening to the Garage album a lot lately (Lighthouse Keeper is an amazing song.)

[hank327]

"Love and a .45" by Chris Knight

[TYY]

My all time favorite:

"Time to Get a Gun" Fred Eaglesmith

My neighbours car got stole last night right out of his driveway
We heard the dogs a barking we never paid 'em any mind
Mary says she's gonna lock the door from now on when we go away
And I've been walkin' around this farm wondering if it's time...

Time to get a gun
that's what I've been thinking
I could afford one
if I did just a little less drinking
Time to put something between me & the sun
When the talking is over it's time to get a gun

Last week a government man was there
when I walked out of my back door
He said I'm sorry to bother ya son
But it don't matter anymore
Cause even while we're talking
right here where we stand
we're making plans for a 4-lane highway
and a big old overpass

Time to get a gun
that's what I've been thinking
I could afford one
if I did just a little less drinking
Time to put something between me & the sun
When the talking is over it's time to get a gun

Mary says she's worried about herself and kids
She's never known anybody had a gun
and her daddy never did
But I think it should be up to me
'Cause when it's all said and done
Somebody's gotta walk into the night
Well I'm gonna be that one...

Time to get a gun
that's what I've been thinking
I could afford one
if I did just a little less drinking
Time to put something between me & the sun
When the talking is over it's time to get a gun

[Andras]

A couple favs have already been mentioned so I'll go with

Willie Nelson

Red Headed Stranger

She followed him out as he saddled his stallion,
An' laughed as she grabbed at the bay.
He shot her so quick, they had no time to warn her,
She never heard anyone say:

chorus

The yellow-haired lady was buried at sunset;
The stranger went free, of course.
For you can't hang a man for killin' a woman,
Who's tryin' to steal your horse.


Blue Rock Montana
Well, he rode into Blue Rock, dusty an' tired,
An' got him a room for the night.
He lay there in silence with too much on his mind.
Still hopin' that he was not right.

But he found them that evenin' at a tavern in town,
In a quiet little out of the way place.
An' they smiled at each other when he walked through the door.
An' they died with their smiles on their faces.

They died with their smile on their face.

Highwayman
I was a highwayman. Along the coach roads I did ride
With sword and pistol by my side
Many a young maid lost her baubles to my trade
Many a soldier shed his lifeblood on my blade
The bastards hung me in the spring of twenty-five
But I am still alive.

[Dallee]

"Bad Company" by Bad Company

"Rebel souls, deserters we are called,
chose a gun and threw away the sword.
Now these towns, they all know our name,
six-gun sound is our claim to fame.
That's why they call us bad company,
that I can't deny.
Bad company 'til the day I die."

"Little Sadie" by Bob Dylan

"I rode her home and I went to bed,
.44 smokeless under my head.

[rebel16]

Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer
On Drum Hat Buddha

In fair silver city on the blind side of fate
I grew up to manhood on the narrow and straight
But prideful i stumbeled, and foolish i fell
In the silken fine trammels of a cruel yankee belle

Slender and wicked, flame in her eyes
Pearl white and nickel 'round the curve of her thighs
Smooth as dry whiskey, but cold to caress
She slid like a viper from her tooled leather dress

Forty-one thunderer, colt repeater
She's a silver-tongued wonder and a mean mistreater
Six-eyed delilah, brazen and bold
Now it's stand and deliver, and fire in the hole
Forty-one thunderer turn loose o' my soul

I feared not the lawman nor the thief in the night
Nor angel nor devil when she went by my side
And her hunger burned blazes till it felt like my own
Her wanderin' heart drove me wild and alone

Forty-one thunderer...

We rode out from canaan in search of our fortune
Or something' worth dyin' for, beauty or evermore
Over the blackwater flats with her jackrabbits running
Under a sky burnin' brimstone and reckoning
Sweet for the hope of rain
And the sand in your teeth grindin' tiny white diamonds
To moments of loss that you cannot explain

So come demon lover when the long night is through
And sing me your lullaby, simple and true
For legends will tarnish and trigger will rust
And the road over glory come to ashes and dust

Forty-one thunderer...

[Shweboner]

Lets mix it up here...


How about "Barrel of a Gun" by Depeche Mode

[Skywarp]

The same song I was listening to when I went back to a free state (Nevada) and bought a new rifle....Xm15-e2s


Three 6 Mafia - Knock tha Black off Yo A--

I think they better call Bush 'cause it's a national disaster
When I unleash my pistol grip Bushmaster
Ring the alarm I got double drums
100 round spinnin' you can't hide you can't run
I'm a sniper ridin' in a blue Chevy
A trunk full of guns man you hoes ain't ready
Kill a b---- like Freddy in the beddy in pajamas
In the middle of the night wake him with red sights


Or

Three 6 Mafia - Roll Wit It
We got them tones in the club and them bulletproof vests
Them three fifty seven titanium Smith-N-Wess
And plus we deep as hell and prepared to bust
You gonna have hell if you f--- wit us and thats whats up
The whole club we maintain
These hydrashock bullets mushroom in ya brain


Sorry just had to add something different.

[Autolycus]

My Buddy by 50 Cent.

[ProguninTN]

How about "Should Have Been a Cowboy" -Toby Keith ?

"Wearing my six-shooter, riding my pony on a cattle drive "

[Husker1911]

"Took my family away from my Carolina home
Had dreams about the west and started to roam.
Six long months on a dust covered trail
They say heaven's at the end but so far it's been hell.
And there's fire on the mountain, lightning in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there.

We were diggin' and siftin' from five to five
Selling everything we found just to stay alive.
Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars
Sinnin' was the big thing, Lord, and Satan was his star.
And there's fire on the mountain, lightning in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there.

Dance hall girls were the evenin' treat
Empty cartridges and blood lined the gutters of the street.
Men were shot down for the sake of fun
Or just to hear the noise of their .44 guns.
And there's fire on the mountain, lightning in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there.

Now my widow she weeps by my grave
Tears flow free for her man she couldn't save.
Shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame
All for a useless and no good worthless claim.

And there's fire on the mountain, lightning in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there.
Fire on the mountain, lightning in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there.

Waitin' for me there."

[17RemFan]

Robert Johnson 32-20 blues

[Ben Shepherd]

Big Iron by Marty Robbins.

I like hoglegs, and I like Remington's version of the old west.

[rayman]

Dang, this is a fun forum...
Songs with references to guns, hmmm...
"All of the DJ's surely taken a lesson, start talkin trash & I'' come with my Smith & Wesson" (Sublime)
" Today I didn't even have to use my AK, I gotta say it was a good day" (NWA, Ice Cube) Back in the day gangsta rap
Johny Cash songs Folsum Prison blues, & Kate, You put me here.

[MikePGS]

This isn't a handgun song, but its my favorite song that makes references to guns, and to what in my opinion their greatest purpose is. Its "Guns Of Brixton" by The Clash. Which includes such gems as
"When the law break in, how you gonna come, with your hands on your head or on the trigger of your gun"

[stiletto raggio]

"You better grab your Glock when you see Tupac,
You better call the cops when you see Tupac"

The best one is by Lyle Lovett, though:


L.A. County

She left Dallas for California
With an old friend by her side
Well he did not say much
But one year later
He'd ask her to be his wife

And the lights of L.A. County
Look like diamonds in the sky
When you're driving through the hours
With an old friend at your side

One year later I left Houston
With an old friend by my side
Well it did not say much
But it was a beauty
Of a coal black .45

And the lights of L.A. County
Look like diamonds in the sky
When you're driving through the hours
With an old friend at your side

So I drove on all the day long
And I drove on through the night
And I thought of her a'waiting
For to be his blushing bride

And the lights of L.A. County
They looked like diamonds in the sky
As I drove into the valley
With my old friend at my side

And as she stood there at the altar
All dressed in her gown of white
Her face was bright as stars a'shining
Like I'd dreamed of all my life

And they kissed each other
And they turned around
And they saw me standing in the aisle
Well I did not say much
I just stood there watching
As that .45 told them goodbye

And the lights of L.A. County
Look like diamonds in the sky
When you're kneeling at the altar
With an old friend at your side

And the lights of L.A. County
Are a mighty pretty sight
When you're kneeling at the altar
With an old friend at your side

[tbtrout]

Jamies Got a Gun....Aerosmith

[SniperStraz]

Geronimo45 The Ballad of Irving is a stupid anti-semetic song and has not place on THR as far as I'm concerned.

[Striker]

Glen Frey

Smuggler's Blues

[svtruth]

has a cameo appearance of a pistol.
On East West, Butterfield Blues Band has a line
"I was born in Chicago, nineteen and forty one
First thing my father told me, son you had better get a gun."

[twolf811]

+1 on Charlie Robison and Lights of Loving County

[texascarl]

Another vote for Gringo Pistolero (http://www.livefromtexas.com/Artists/damron/Gringo%20Pistolero.htm)

[Beagle-zebub]

+1 for ".32-20 Blues" by Robert Johnson, and I'll raise you one vote for "Colt .41" by Leadbelly.

[XD Fan]

"I'd like to spit some beechnut in that dude's eye and shoot 'em with my old .45."

- Hank Williams Jr. "A Country Boy Can Survive"

[Hardtarget]

I'm not sure,but, the Beatles tune "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" might be talking about heroin addiction. The gun being the needle. Its warm from the way they "cook" the heroin. could be wrong.
Mark.

[RNB65]

Robert Johnson 32-20 blues

Jeez, you guys really know how to ruin a work day!

I popped onto a website to read the lyrics of 32-20 Blues. That, of course, resulted in my also reading lyrics to other Robert Johnson songs whilst I was there. Now I'm sitting here with nothing but sounds of Eric Clapton, Cream, and Led Zep running through my head and no chance at all of getting anything constructive done by lunch time.

Oh, well, I don't have any Robert Johnson with me. But I do have a couple of Elmore James CD's and an Albert King.

:)

[DogBonz]

"Daddy's got a new 45"... whats not to like?

[Bongo45]

Warren Zevon:

Roland The (Headless) Thompson Gunner.

Jennie Needs A Shooter.


Bruce Cockburn:

If I Had A Rocket Launcher...

[Bongo45]

Just remembered,


.44
Howlin’ Wolf

I wore my .44 so long, it made my shoulder sore
I woke up this mornin’, wondered where did my baby go

[slow944]

My favorites include:

Jamies Gota Gun
Smugglers Blues
Saturday Night Special

[trashman]

"Ballad of a Self-Loading Pistol" by Bruce Springsteen. Off one of his albums of unreleased tracks from the last 30 years.

--Neill

[marksman13]

.45 by Shinedown
A Country Boy Can Survive by Hank Williams Jr

[onemangang]

Wasn't Zevon into handguns big time?
I think I heard where he was a .44 fan.
Anyway, we really lost something when he died.

[koja48]

"Bang" <slide> "Bang" (repeat chorus 7 more times).

[pistolman1974]

Here are the rap songs requested:evil:

"Bring the Yellow Tape" E-40
"9mm N*gga" Eight ball & MJG"
"Never Scared" Bone Crusher
"My Uzi weighs a ton" K.R.S. 1
"Welcome to Homicide" C.P.O

"I Shot the Sheriff" Bob Marley

[wooderson]

Somebody beat me to the Old 97's "The Other Shoe."

Second favorite would be Boogie Down Productions's "9mm Goes Bang"

[chipp]

does gimme 3 steps count?

[skinnyguy]

What? No CLAPTON? Where's "I Shot the Sherriff"?

#2 choice "Manhattan" Bob Seger

Shaky Davey's got a 12-guage in his hand
It's sawed off to the limit
He's got a vague plan

.......

The first one's birdshot
The next four are 00-buck
The last one's a slug
Just for good luck

[los]

Whatever song Cheney's [Attorney] friend was whistling moments before he got sprayed with bird shot.

[AVESguy]

99 Year Blues. A song popularized in the seventies by Hot Tuna on their album BURGERS (they didn't write it). Burgers is one of my favorite recordings of all time.

Well now give me my pistol man and three round balls
I'm gonna shoot everybody that I don't like at all
Like at all, Like at all
Like at all, Like at all
Gotta .38 special man and .45 frame
You know the thing don't miss 'cause I got dead aim
Got dead aim, got dead aim
Got dead aim, got dead aim
Well the world is a drag and my friends can't vote
Gonna make me a connection and score some dope
Go get high, go get high
Go get high, go get high



Their live version, which they still do, has a great section for guitar/bass solos.....

[Stinger1]

El Paso by Marty Robbins

RC

[Para1911]

Not handgun songs but "Choctaw Bingo" by Ray Wylie Hubbard, "Daddy's Farm" by Shooter Jennings and for the fathers out there "Cleaning This Gun" by Rodney Atkins.

[Stachie]

.45

[novaDAK]

This one's definately about handguns, but it's definately not my favorite either because you can't get much more anti-gun than this. Other than that I love the rest of their songs.
Lynyrd Skynyrd "Saturday Night Special"

Two feets they come a creepin
Like a black cat do
And two bodies are lyin naked
Creeper think he got nothin to lose
So he creeps into this house, yeah
And unlocks the door
And while a man reaching for his trousers
Shoots him full of .38 holes

(chorus)
Its a saturday night special
Got a barrel thats blue and cold
Aint no good for nothin
But put a man six feet in a hole

Big jims been drinkin whiskey
And playing poker on a losin night
Pretty soon, big jim starts a thinkin
Somebody been cheatin and lyin
So big jim commences to fightin
I wouldnt tell you no lie
And big jim done grab his pistol
Shot his friend right between the eyes

(chorus)

Hand guns are made for killin
Aint no good for nothin else
And if you like your whiskey
You might even shoot yourself
So why dont we dump em people
To the bottom of the sea
Before some fool come around here
Wanna shoot either you or me

[Mat, not doormat]

Love and a .45, By Chris Knight
Devil's Right Hand, Cash
Choctaw Bingo, James McMurtry
Gun Love, ZZ Top, the all time collection of double entendres.

~~~Mat

[10X]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance by Gene Pitney

[The Dust Collector]

Hank Williams Jr.'s "A Country Boy Can Survive" Great lyrics, Great song! I can relate to that.........

[TheWanderer]

Obviously for me, it's The Wanderer by U2 and Johnny Cash.

[jfernett119]

"Bad Company" by Bad Company

"Rebel souls, deserters we are called,
chose a gun and threw away the sword.
Now these towns, they all know our name,
six-gun sound is our claim to fame.
That's why they call us bad company,
that I can't deny.
Bad company 'til the day I die."


+1

[Feanaro]

Warren Zevon - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.

"Got a .38 Special,
up on the shelf,
I'll sleep when I'm dead.

If I starting actin' stoopid,
I'll shoot mahself,
then I'll sleep when I'm dead."

Warren was a hilarious bastich. Enjoy every sandwich. :)

[Threeband]

Frankie drew back her kimono
She took out a little forty-four
And "rootie-toot-toot!" three times she shoot
Right through that hardwood door
Shot her man
He was doin' her wrong.


--"Frankie and Johnny"

Now where can I get a gun that goes "rootie-toot-toot!"?

[pyle762]

"Becky's Bible" and "Love and a .45" by Chris Knight

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

50 Cent "Blood Hound"

I love to pump crack, love to stay strapped

Love to squeeze gats but you don't hear me though

I love to hit the block, I love my two Glocks

Love to bust shots but you don't hear me though






jk :neener:

[Professor K]

Eurobeat invades THR! Muahahahahahaa....

Oda- Shy Gun
Franz Tornado- Bazooka Pistolero
Tam Arrow- One Shot Girl
Love & Pride- Shotgun Killer
Franz Tornado- Bandolero Comanchero
Maio & Co- Master Blaster
Vito- Livin in America


http://putstuff.putfile.com/54049/4869049

link to above songs

Eurobeat is cool music, but it's prolly not most people's thing. It's overall pretty happy music, that's kinda "techno" ish. It's not stuff stereotypical gun nuts listen to, that's for sure.

And "Miuzi Weighs a Ton" is by Public Enemy, not KRS-One. I know my rap...

[Speedlace]

I just found this song by sir mix-a-lot about gun control.:what:
Just found my new favorite song to add to my collection.:D
It's a long read, but I put in bold the lyrics that stood out the most..to me at least.

"No Holds Barred" by Sir Mix-A-Lot
"The police, urge people, to keep their guns locked up and unloaded"

"Congress today, seems on the verge of approving gun control"

[Verse One: Sir Mix-A-Lot]
It's, time to fight back cause the new jack black macks
ain't did **** about that, whack, jackin
And I'm packin
Cause I'm down for the bank I'm stackin
And in a straight up brawl I'll mall alla y'all
Ya try to crawl for Tylenol and I install
big fists in your face, the blow is well placed
Spray 'em with mace in case mace is his taste
Throw up the dogs, the competition is fogged
Cause he was smokin the yang, iced and drink the 8-ball
Drunk, stumblin, threw him with the lean
I sweep him, then attack the spleen
Play the congas on his backbone
He's funk baritone until I twisted his dome
Creep up on my house and try to roll me up?
And got STUCK IN THE GUT with a black, glock
And he starts to wobble
Self-defense is what I'm claimin, let's squabbl
I pick up a pipe to take plenty of quick swipes
One grazed his dome and sliced his eye whites
I don't give a DAMN bout a stupid ass burgular
It's all circular
The dope dealer sells dope to the dope smoker
The smoker breaks in and tries to choke ya
But I ain't the one to run from ya son
This is MY HOUSE, and it's FULLA GUNS!
I'm down for mine and my choke is nice and hard
When you jack the boss there ain't no holds barred!

No holds barred
No holds barred
No holds barred

[Verse Two: Sir Mix-A-Lot]
I'm crushin most hoods like Katie-dids(?)
I'm pleadin guilty for the damage I did
This ain't about random violence
The crime(?) crept into my house, **** SILENCE
Now most punks wanna run for the stun gun
**** a stun gun, I got the big on
Forty-four mag, automatic, CHROME
Mercury-tipped bullets, melt the dome
It's the 1990's, and crack is
talkin to the criminals, ever so subliminal
Some crackhead wants Mix-A-Lot dead
A jack move instead, another fool bled
I can't cry cause my tears are nearly froze
My interior's cold, it posess my soul
I'm on the paranoid tip
And each of my socks got a clip!
When my house got robbed, a top notch job
Cops laughed while my mom just sobbed
9-1-1 only works for the rich ones
So I collect GUNS!
So step right through if you're down for the wrong move
Most crews are moved by my twelve gauge BOOM!
How can I love when I gotta
protect my neck from a punk suspect?
Gun control - I ain't wit it
They banned the AK and any fool can STILL get it
The innocent have been beaten, bruised and scarred
But for this citizen, there ain't no holds barred
"It is an absolute infringement on my second amendment rights"
No holds barred
"When is this attack on gun owners going to end?"
No holds barred
"Education, versus restriction"

[Verse Three: Sir Mix-A-Lot]
Hypothetical situation
Gun control starts sweepin the nation
Now you got a bunch of unarmed innocent victims
Gettin ****ED by the system
Sittin at home with a butter knife, huh
Any fool could rape your wife
So what's up when the criminals can't be stopped?
The only one with guns are the COPS
But it's hard for a brother to trust police
Huh, so the **** don't cease
So I go downtown to buy a hot gun
I hated criminals, and now I'm one
Because I bought a gat to protect my house
The cops wanna bust me out?
So it's illegal to protect yourself?
Hell, you either get killed, or you in jail
So when you vote
You better think about what I just wrote
And **** writin a note to yo' Congressman!
You got the fool hired
Now help get the fool fired
A scary scenario
And I put it in your stereo
So when a fool tries to run up on my car
R.I.P., no holds barred

No holds barred
No holds barred
"They take aim, at the law abiding citizen, instead of the criminal"
{*applause*]

[Professor K]

Woah.

[novaDAK]

Damn there's a lotta truth in that one!:eek:

[TheWanderer]

I like that. Yes there is a whole lotta truth there.

[Redneck with a 40]

Hank Williams JR...."A Country Boy Can Survive". My favorite line...."I'd like to spit some beech-nut in that dude's eye and shoot'em with my o'le 45, a country boy can survive".:D :D :D :)

[MCgunner]

"Gimme three steps" Or was it two steps? Well, anyway, Skinnard and I HATE "Saturday Night Special" :D There's a line in there says "ain't no fun starin' straight down a .44". Always thought there was wisdom in that. LOL

I like "Janie's Got a Gun" (Aerosmith), though. Pretty cool song about whackin' an abusive father.

[GARY1911A1]

My favorite is Sheryl Crow's "Soak Up The Sun" where she sings "I got my 45 on". Yes, I realize peolple claim she's refering to sunblock, but in my fantasy it's a 1911. And a nice fantasy it is too.;)

[badman3374]

I kinda like ZZ TOP "GUN LOVE" and FORIGNER "HEAD KNOCKER" . IF YOU DONT LEARN YOUR LESSON MIGHT JUST SHOW YOU HIS SMITH AND WESSON ...Now there are some words to live by ..