Story Behind The Song
In our mission to write an album of outlaw biker songs we came across this saying that made a lot of sense to put into context of life today.
Song Description
This song is a play on words about how what you use in your life to live by can often come back around to work against you in the long run. The analogy to the old west where this concept was literal often finds it's way into modern life when people "Live
| Song Length |
2:50 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Country - Rock |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Sociable, Cool |
Subject |
Bad Love, Masculinity |
| Similar Artists |
Travis Tritt, Aerosmith |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1980 - 1989 |
| |
Lyrics
Live by the Gun
words and music by Alan Cartee & Jon Moore
copyright and publishing 2003 Cartee Day Entertainment
Ride into town just to have some fun
Knocking off the girls, one by one
Take all the money, shoot out the lights
Never walk away from a good fight
Live by the gun, die by the gun
Hard riding fast shooting son of a gun
Live by the gun, die by the gun
I guess I?ll always be, a man on the run
No I ain?t nothing but an outlaw man
Cross my path, take your life in your hands
Rebel with a cause, cause I want to
Mess with me baby an I?ll shoot you too
Chorus
Quick on the draw dropped me in my boots
Wounded in the streets trying to capture you
I must admit, finally met my match
Tell me where babe you learn to shoot like that
Chorus out