Send away
for a priceless gift
One not subtle
One not on the list
Send away
for a perfect world
One not simply
so absurd
In these times
of doing what you're told
Keep these feelings
No one knows
Whatever happened
to the young man's heart
Swallowed by pain
as he slowly fell apart
And I'm starin' down the barrel
of a fourty-five
Swimmin' through the ashes
of another life
No real reason
to accept the way
things have changed
Starin' down the barrel
of a fourty-five
Send a message
to the unborn child
Keep your eyes open
for a while
In a box
high up on the shelf
left for you
no one else
There's a piece
of a puzzle known as life
Wrapped in guilt
sealed up tight
Whatever happened
to the young man's heart
Swallowed by pain
as he slowly fell apart
And I'm starin' down the barrel
of a fourty-five
Swimmin' through the ashes
of another life
No real reason
to accept the way
things have changed
Starin' down the barrel
of a fourty-five
Everyone's pointing
their fingers
Always condemning me
And nobody knows
what I believe
I believe
And I'm starin' down the barrel
of a fourty-five
Swimmin' through the ashes
of another life
No real reason
to accept the way
things have changed
Starin' down the barrel
of a fourty-five
And I'm starin' down the barrel
of a fourty-five
And I'm swimmin' through the ashes
of another life
There is no real reason
to accept the way
things have changed
Starin' down the barrel
of a fourty-five
Fourty-five
Starin' down the barrel
of a fourty-five