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Paul F. McCann

HAND ON A GUN

You reach out to me with your cold steel eyes
but I can’t argue with the things you’ve done,
with your hands on a gun my little one…
Rat Tat-Tat-Tat

The fighting’s been long and the day it is gone
and you don’t know what tomorrow will bring,
it will all be OK… or so they say!
Rat Tat-Tat-Tat

A gentle loves been calling
but your heart’s been beaten black and blue.
What can I do?
Rat-Tat-Tat –Tat

Sometimes a cloud blocks out the sun in the sky,
don’t you be like a cloud passing by…
Rat Tat-Tat-Tat

When war turns you cold and there’s no getting through,
reach out to me…
reach out to me with your cold steel eyes.
Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat

You’re a soldier in the world
and you’re spinning in a swirl with a war.
You can’t change.
Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat

When your feet are sticking in the mud
and you’re bathed in blood,
don’t panic I’ll be there.
Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat

When the talk is done and the fight is won
and you’re thinking what to say,
let it go…
Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat.

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