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The Gun
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Jim Reeves
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This is the story of love that came undone
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This is the story of two men
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And a gun of two men and a gun
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A man that I'd never met stole my wife and son
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But that's been nearly three years now
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And it's over with and done
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At first I'd stare out into space
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While hate consumed my soul
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Hate was the creed by which I lived
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And revenge my only goal
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But the road to happiness isn't paved with hate
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I'm glad I learned how to forgive before it was too late
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Now here's the way the other man
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Paid for what he'd done
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I heard it from the man's own lips
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Who took my wife and son
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I didn't really know this man but I'd seen him 'round
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He's a new guard at the factory
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Where I work, west of town
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This fellow swung into step with me and said I've got to talk
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I listened spellbound at his words
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As we stood on the walk
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You, the guard said hoarsely
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Are a kind man, I surmise
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As he stood there with his handkerchief
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Wiping in his eyes
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Three years ago I wronged a man
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I stole his wife and son
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I didn't realize then the terrible thing that I had done
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This thing gets hold of me at night
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And I can't sleep or rest
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Forgive me, sir, but telling it
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Seems to get it off my chest
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When my past looms up like this
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It kinda helps me to unload
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I'm one man, sir, who knows for sure
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That you reap just what you sow
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I sure appreciate your listening, it helps me a lot
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You know to have that man's forgiveness
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I'd give everything I've got
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Well, I feel much better now I, I didn't get your name
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More why that was my wife's name before we wed
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It's odd your name's the same
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You know I'd kill a man
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Who'd do to me the thing that I've done
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And when the truth got through to him
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He handed me his gun
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As I gave the weapon back
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I said what's done is done
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All I ask is just be kind to Jenny and my son
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