Son of a Gun Lyrics

Son of a Gun

Nothing is worth doing, you seemed to say

Gin and ice and ash, above the fray

Still you planted your rose gardens

Green-eyed boy, tiny town in wartime

Smoking in the onion patch, petty crimes

but say, you got away

Your whole life you got away with it

Love affairs and gutless lies

Gambling debts and alibis

You were wronged

Your whole life you were wrong

Whatever drove you, forever silent

Rage and wonder, wit and violence

Oh but she was cold, a puppeteer

You should see her now

Life is long, ain't it long

Found a penny, tossed it, put it in your pocket

Oh, you son of a gun

Your sharp eye-teeth under yellow eyes

Tendoned body like a tree, petrified

You held on.

Heart of a daughter, final days

We are so alike, you don't need to say it

Your cheap watch and your wedding ring

Your two suits at the Sally Ann by morning

You were gone

Found a penny, tossed it, put it in your pocket

Oh, you son of a gun