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Man Needs a Gun

from Can't Run Far Enough by Mark Hahn

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Born into this world
Alone in myself
And too small to fight

Knocked off guard
Filled with surprise
That it was so damned harsh

For the ones who don’t know how to fight back
So a man needs a gun
Or maybe a knife

Hard to accept
That it's always been
This way

Tom H. had gotten it right
Even if it took years
To see it

Learn to live in this world
Where the violence
Is condoned

As long as it’s hidden
Under the surface
Of what seems like social order

When the people being hurt
Are the ones no one cares about
The outsiders, the weak

The ones who don’t know how to fight back
So a man needs a gun
Or maybe a knife

Until it comes to that time
When you're not going to take it
Any more

And you’ll go down fighting
Even if it kills you
Because you’ve just had too much

And the last one that pushes
Becomes everyone that came before him
And you need to stand up

To the whole damned lot of them
Who messed you up
When you were young

For being different
For being you
For not knowing how to fight back

But it’s already too late
Once you’ve found that gun
Or that knife

Or whatever it takes
To stand up to the
Sadists in this world

Who express
Their own fear
And anger

By inflicting it
On everyone else
Who don’t know how to fight back

But it’s already too late
Once you’ve found that gun
Or that knife

Or whatever it takes
To stand up to the
Whole messed up world

Copyright 2016, Mark Hahn, All Rights Reserved.

Chords: (Capo 3rd fret) C, Fmaj7, Em, Am. Lead: ~B blues scale

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from Can't Run Far Enough, released March 5, 2017

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Mark Hahn Tucson, Arizona

Tucson artist and writer, Mark Hahn, grew up in Detroit MI, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and has traveled, lived and worked in many major cities across Europe and the United States. He has now settled in Tucson and spends his time focusing on varied creative projects while exploring the Sonoran Desert and the broken down mining towns that are scattered around the Southern AZ landscape. ... more

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