With a Gun in My Hand - Otis Gibbs

Through frozen fields we walked along

Entering the woods before dawn

Waiting for the sun to thaw the land

Just fourteen trying to be a man

In a restless voice, I spoke as a child

Cold and tired

When the sunrise broke, I stood by your side

Weary eyed

With a gun in my hand

A secret I keep to myself

Is that I had no taste for the kill

Oh but I loved to be at his side

Alone in the woods, my father and I

In a restless voice, I spoke as a child

Cold and tired

When the sunrise broke, I stood by your side

Weary eyed

With a gun in my hand

I saw him standing on the hill

A twelve point buck beautiful and still

I clapped my hands to scare him away

When I saw my father taking aim

Then a shot rang out, my ears went numb, and my heart beat wild

I could see him fall, his panic and pain, as I ran to his side

He was clinging to life, as I stroked my hand on his blood soaked attire

In a restless voice, Saint Peter, I cried, don’t let him die

With a gun in my hand