JOHN MELLENCAMP - Without A Shot lyrics

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Put your guns out on the table<br />

Throw your bullets on the floor<br />

This weary old house can't take it anymore<br />

From the ovens in the kitchen<br />

To the chains out in the dirt<br />

Rope hanging in the bedroom<br />

That's some of our dirty work<br />

<br />

The distant sleeping shadows<br />

That lie out in the yard<br />

The wind that distorts the meanings<br />

Of who we really are<br />

Saluting of ourselves<br />

As we pass by our mirrors<br />

This show of phony adulation<br />

Just masquerades all our fears<br />

<br />

So we open up our eyes at midnight<br />

See the setting of the sun<br />

Foundation is crumbling<br />

The inner structure's gone<br />

Used up by corruption<br />

And the passage of time<br />

We hope we've got some fight left<br />

Cause our children<br />

Our children are dying<br />

<br />

So we think that forgiveness<br />

Is a God given right<br />

And equality for all<br />

Is just a waste of our time<br />

With our nickel plated Jesus<br />

Chained around are necks<br />

Handing out verses of scripture<br />

Like we wrote it down ourselves<br />

<br />

Respect that we once had<br />

Went up the water spout<br />

Tried to keep it secret<br />

But the secret was found out<br />

Got to thinking high and mighty<br />

Like everything was a lock<br />

Some now say this house<br />

Can be taken without a shot<br />

<br />

So the hole gets dug deeper<br />

With every wedding bell<br />

And we sell each other down the road<br />

Until there's nothing left to sell<br />

And slowly but surely<br />

We disappear without a trace<br />

We point our fingers at each other<br />

And say what the hell happened to this place<br />

Without a shot<br />

Without a shot<br />

Without a shot</