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Gun to the Head

from The Year of the Cow by Sam Russell

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lyrics

gonna run a marathon
get body lean and strong
to help grow and focus
not slide back and regress
by laying around, wishing
sad and wondering
about years already gone
gonna run a marathon

gonna run a marathon
no longer be a pawn
find the moral that’s fair
abandon formal prayer
create ceremony
that means as much to me
as trying to talk to God
gonna run a marathon

I was a Christian until I became a man
had to leave the shelter of faith, helplessness understand
see angel in the light like when as child I’d lie in bed
and fear I had of hell’s flame was like a gun to the head

gonna run a marathon
cue up the starting song
train through the dark days
that always come our way
for once fight being sick
and not just quickly quit
wake up and face the dawn
gonna run a marathon

gonna run a marathon
and turn the memories off
from whispers in the head
just more weight that to be shed
over and over words
say I still try to hurt
and that I won’t move on
gonna run a marathon

I know the struggle blocking what we tried to build
all you say that stops us then is what will stop me still
I wanted you to do what she did, bring me down to earth instead
of seeing world from up on cross with a gun to the head

it was like it was like a gun to the head
it was like it was like a gun to the head
it was like it was like a gun to the head
it was like it was like a gun to the head
terror everyday was fed
of disappointing all of them
eternal pain is where sin led
all a gun to the head
she came along that was when
she said it would be different
life can be lived free of dread
without a gun to the head

gonna run a marathon
run the road that is long
think of life as a race
where no step should go to waste
pace myself for long haul
hold onto her, not fall
‘til reaching summer lawn
gonna run a marathon

gonna run a marathon
and prove the old church wrong
that said it couldn’t be done
way back when I was young
with no belief you’re alone
and in heaven have no home
path to damnation’s drawn
gonna run a marathon

you were the child with weak legs that had to wait
I was the child whose parent’s love from Lord above couldn’t separate
she made me hate the way they tried without having to hate them
she stepped towards me, took my hand, took the gun from the head

it was like it was like a gun to the head
it was like it was like a gun to the head
it was like it was like a gun to the head
it was like it was like a gun to the head

credits

from The Year of the Cow, released October 30, 2012
Sam Russell-vocal & guitar, Kate Noson-vocal, James Apollo-piano, Michael Spaly-fiddle, Nathan Wade-National guitar & vocal, Allison Tulloss-vocal, Ken Nottingham-upright bass, Dave Forrester-percussion

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