Gunfighter Ballad for the 21st Century

I saw you with a boy

I saw the crowded real estate beneath his denim

And I was in the right

So I wrote it in a bill and paid all the right people

To plant a seed

I've got the coordinates

That's all they need

While you were holding hands

The backroom wizards loaded more than six into my chamber

You looked me in the lens

You said "do what you have to do and do it quickly"

I thought you clever to quote our Lord

But there is no Peter in the garden with a sword

Now I know what you are

Droning on, droning on

Love travels far

But modern bullets travel farther

Well Marty had it wrong

I'm safe behind these walls of burnished pedigree

I'll never hang tonight

Already paid the flight

With the tax dollars in my pocket

Honey, there is nothing you can do to stop it

Now I know what you are

Droning on, droning on

Love travels far

But modern bullets travel farther

Modern bullets travel faster

Modern bullets travel far