Written by: John Howarth.Lead vocal: Dave (Treetown's singer)Guitars, BGVs and percussion: Treetown band.Piano, Bass, bendy banjo and accordian: John Howarth
MY NAME IS JOHN, I’VE GOT A GUN
IT WAS GIVE TO ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG
BY MY OL’ MAN WHO TOLD ME, “SON,
TAKE CARE OF THINGS WHILE I’M GONE.”
SON OF A GUN!
SO THERE WE WERE JUST ME AND MOM
AND MY NEW PA WAS TO BE MY GUN
I SHOT FOR FOOD AND I SHOT FOR FUN
AND GAVE MY MA EVERYTHING I WON
SON OF A GUN
WELL, PRETTY SOON WORD GOT AROUND
THAT I WAS THE FASTEST GUN IN TOWN ‘SLINGERS’ HAD ME IN THEIR SIGHTS AND CAME FROM MILES AROUND TO FIGHT THIS SON OF A GUN AT TWENTY-ONE I HEADED WEST TO FACE THE MAN THEY CALLED THE BEST WHEN HE DREW FIRST I SHOT HIM DEAD. A SINGLE BULLET IN THE HEAD SON OF A GUN! HE DIDN’T HAVE MY DADDY’S NAME BUT SOME FOLKS SAID WE LOOKED THE SAME BUT WHEN I LOOKED DOWN AT WHAT I’D DONE I KNEW I WAS........ THE SON OF A GUN PIANO BREAK PRETTY SOON WORD GOT AROUND THAT I HAD SHOT MY OL’ MAN DOWN FOLKS THEY CAME FROM MILES AROUND TO SEE MY PA PUT IN THE GROUND BY HIS SON OF A GUN. MY MOMMA DIED, SHE LOST THE WILL TO LIVE AND NOW SHE’S ON THE HILL BURIED BY HER BROKEN SON THE MAN THEY CALL SON OF A GUN VOCAL AD LIBS