god is a bullet

there's a green plaid jacket on the back of the chair

it's like a moment frozen forever there

mom and dad had a lot of big plans for their little man

so proud

mama's gone crazy 'cause her baby's cut down

by some teenage car chase

war out of bounds

it was the wrong place

wrong time

wrong end of a gun

sad

shoot straight

from the hip

ya'll

gone forever in a trigger slip

well

it could have been

it could have been your brother

shoot straight

shoot to kill

yeah

blame each other

well

blame yourself

you know

god is a bullet

have mercy on us everyone

they're gonna call me sir

they'll all stop picking on me

well

i'm a high school grad

i'm over five-foot-three

i'll get a badge and a gun and i'll join the p.d. they'll see

he didn't have to use the gun they put in his hand

but when the guy came at him

well

he panicked and ran

and it's a thirty long years 'fore they'll give him another chance

and it's sad

sad

yes

sad

shoot straight

from the hip

ya'll

it's all gone in a trigger slip

well

it could have been

it could have been your mother

shoot straight

shoot to kill

ya'll

blame each other

blame yourself

you know

god is a bullet

have mercy on us everyone

shoot straight

from the hip

ya'll

gone forever in a trigger slip

well

it could have been

it could have been your mother

john lennon

dr. king

yeah

harvey milk

and all for goddamn nothing

god is a bullet

have mercy on us everyone

god is a bullet

have mercy on us everyone.