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Bullets In The Gun Lyrics By Toby Keith

    they used to call me lightning
    i was always quick to strike
    had everything i own
    in the saddles on my bike
    i had a reputation
    for never staying very long
    just like a wild and restless drifter
    like a cowboy in a song

    i met a dark haired beauty
    where they lay the whiskey down
    in southern arizona
    in a little border town
    she had to dance for money
    in that dusty old saloon
    i dropped a dollar in the jukebox
    played that girl a tune yea

    never see it coming
    it just hits you by surprise
    it’s that cold place in your soul
    that fire in her eyes
    makes you come together
    like wild horses when they run
    now the cards are on the table and
    the bullets in the gun

    she was sitting on my lap
    we still had shots to kill
    when a man pulled up
    who owned the bar
    in a cadillac deville
    he grabbed her by her raven hair
    and threw her on the floor
    said no free rides for the cowboys
    that ain’t what i pay you for no

    4
    she jumped up and grabbed my pistol
    stuck it in the fat man’s back
    said open up the safe
    and put your money in the sack
    then tied his hands behind him
    and put a blindfold on his eyes
    said if you’re dumb enough to chase us man
    you’re dumb enough to die

    never see it coming
    it just hits you by surprise
    it’s that cold place in your soul
    that fire in her eyes
    makes you come together
    like wild horses when they run
    now the cards are on the table and
    the bullets in the gun yeah

    5
    we rode across the border
    down into mexico
    when you’re running from the law
    ain’t that where everybody goes
    we came to a town
    with a name i could not spell
    she gave me what i came for
    in that mexican motel

    6
    i woke up to sirens
    and the sound of running feet
    there were fifty federales
    locked and loaded in the street
    she grabbed my 44
    i grabbed the money in the sack
    she kissed me for the last time
    and we headed out the back

    every gun was on us
    and every heartbeat pounded
    there’s only one thing left to do
    when they got you all surrounded
    she fired that old pistol
    but we didn’t stand a prayer
    money hit the gravel
    bullets filled the air

    never see it coming
    it just hits you by surprise
    it’s that cold place in your soul
    that fire in her eyes
    makes you come together
    like wild horses when they run
    now the cards are on the table and
    the bullets in the gun
    bullets in the gun
    bullets in the gun
    bullets in the gun

    Artist: Toby Keith

    Year: 2011

    Decade: 10s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 227