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Description
Associated Performer: Jonah Kagen, Sam Barber
Composer, Lyricist: Jonah Chase Kagen
Composer, Lyricist: Samuel Robert Barber
Mixing Engineer: Ryan Hewitt
Mastering Engineer: Dale Becker
Lyrics and translation
Original
When I was young, my mother told me, "Don't play with guns.
That shit ain't holy. There ain't outlaws in heaven. "
I got old, my father told me, "Go get a gun. Protect the family.
Ain't nothing but outlaws in the real world. "
So I got a gun, thought the Lord would hold me. And I don't feel bad.
Hell, I don't feel holy. Guess I'll have to find out on my own.
I don't know if I was made from God's hands, but I know my father is a good man.
I'm realizing now how the world bleeds.
So if you're gonna burn him, you can burn me.
I'm sick and tired of staring at the sunrise, just waiting for a truth I know just won't arrive. So don't you go and tell me how it should be.
Hell, if you're gonna burn him, you can burn me.
When I was young, my mother told me, "You don't go to God, you'll end up -alone. We are nothing without faith.
" -Nothing without faith.
Said, "How about daddy? Must you own me?
" And she got mad and firmly told me, "Don't you go asking questions. "
And I don't know if I was made from God's hands, but I know my father is a good man. I'm realizing now how the earth bleeds.
So if you're gonna burn him, you can burn me.
I'm sick and tired of staring at the sunrise, waiting for a truth I know just won't arrive.
So don't you go and tell me how it should be.
Hell, if you're gonna burn him, you can burn me.
You can burn me.
Hell, if you're gonna burn him, you can burn me.
When I was young, my mother told me, "Don't play with guns. No, that ain't holy.
There ain't outlaws in heaven. "