Gun Shy by 10,000 Maniacs
Gun Shy by 10,000 Maniacs

Gun Shy

10,000 Maniacs * Track #8 On In My Tribe

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Gun Shy by 10,000 Maniacs

Release Date
Mon Jul 27 1987
Performed by
10,000 Maniacs
Produced by
Peter Asher
Writed by
Natalie Merchant
About

“Gun Shy” takes on the subject of war and the militarism which had a tight group on the United States in the Reagan Era. The narrator is the older sister of a young man named Jude who has finished his base training in the military. She’s proud of him, but she worries about how he is at risk of fight...

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Gun Shy Lyrics

[Verse 1:]
I always knew that you would
Take yourself far from home
As soon as, as far as, you could go
By the quarter inch cut of your hair
And the army issue green
For the past eight weeks
I can tell where you've been

[Chorus:]
For I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me
There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside your veins
There is a world outside of this room
And when you meet it promise me
You won't meet it with your gun

[Verse 2:]
So now you are one of the brave few
It's awful sad we need boys like you
I hope the day never comes for
"Here's your live round son
Stock and barrel, safety, trigger, here's your gun"

[Chorus:]
Well I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me
There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside your veins
There is a world outside of this room
And when you meet it promise me
You won't meet it with your gun, taking aim

[Post-Chorus:]
I don't mean to argue
They've made a decent boy of you
And I don't mean to spoil your homecoming
But baby brother, you should expect me to

[Refrain:]
"Stock and barrel, safety, trigger, here's your gun"

[Verse 3:]
So now does your heart pitter pat
With a patriotic sound
When you see the stripes of Old Glory waving?

[Chorus]
Well I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me
There was soldier's blue blood streaming inside your veins
There is a world outside of this room
And when you meet it promise me
You won't meet it with your gun, taking aim

[Post-Chorus:]
I don't mean to argue
They've made a decent boy of you
And I don't mean to spoil your homecoming, my baby brother Jude
Oh I don't mean to hurt you by saying this again
They're so good at making soldiers
But they're not as good
At making men

Gun Shy Q&A

Who wrote Gun Shy's ?

Gun Shy was written by Natalie Merchant.

Who produced Gun Shy's ?

Gun Shy was produced by Peter Asher.

When did 10,000 Maniacs release Gun Shy?

10,000 Maniacs released Gun Shy on Mon Jul 27 1987.

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