The Gun Song

[CZOLGOSZ]
It takes a lot of men to make a gun
Hundreds
Many men to make a gun

Men in the mines
To dig the iron
Men in the mills
To forge the steel
Men at machines
To turn the barrel
Mold the trigger
Shape the wheel
It takes a lot of men to make a gun...
One gun...

[BOOTH]
And all you have to do
Is move your little finger
Move your little finger and—
You can change the world

Why should you be blue
When you've your little finger?
Prove how just a little finger
Can—
Change the world

[CZOLGOSZ]
I hate this gun

[GUITEAU]
What a wonder is a gun!
What a versatile invention!
First of all, when you've a gun—
Everybody pays attention!

When you think what must be done
Think of all that it can do:
Remove a scoundrel
Unite a party
Preserve the union
Promote the sales of my book!
Ensure my future
My niche in history
And then the world will see
That I am not a man to overlook!
Ha-ha!

[GUITEAU, BOOTH & CZOLGOSZ]
And all you have to do
Is squeeze your little finger
Ease your little finger back—
You can change the world

Whatever else is true
You trust your little finger
Just a single little finger
Can—
Change the world

[MOORE]
I got this really great gun—
Shit, where is it?
No, it's really great—
Wait—!
Shit, where is it?
Anyway—
It's just a .38—
But—
It's a gun
You can make a state—
Ment—

Wrong—!
With a gun
Even if you fail
It tells 'em who you are
Where you stand
This one was on sale
It—
No, not the shoe—
Well, actually the shoe was, too
No, that's not it—
Shit, I had it here—
Got it!
Yeah! There it is!

[GUITEAU, BOOTH, CZOLGOSZ & MOORE]
And all you have to do
Is crook your little finger
Hook your little finger 'round—
(*gunshot*)

[MOORE]
Shit, I shot it...

[GUITEAU, BOOTH & CZOLGOSZ]
—You can change the world
Change the world...

[ALL]
Simply follow through
And look, your little finger can...

[BOOTH]
Slow them down

[GUITEAU]
To a crawl

[MOORE]
Show them all

[CZOLGOSZ]
Big and small

[ALL]
It took a little finger
No time to...
Hmmm...
Change the world

[CZOLGOSZ]
A gun kills many men before it's done
Hundreds
Long before you shoot the gun

Men in the mines
And in the steel mills
Men at machines
Who died for what?
Something to buy
A watch, a shoe, a gun
A "thing" to make the bosses richer!
But
A gun claims many men before it's done

Just one...
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