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we don't look for trouble but by golly if we're in it
Published Jul. 17, 2008
A sarcastic song that was inspired by an article in the Feb 1989 issue of Time Magazine on Popular Assault Weapons. This was right after a man opened fire at an elementary playground with an assault rifle in Stockton, CA. The article claimed the typical American family was fairly well armed.
Cheryl then started thinking about her childhood, and the fact that they didn't have any guns in the family. She remembered a vacation they took where they went out west and saw all the tourist sites.
The two topics went together and merged into this song. The song portrays the NRA's version of a "typical American family" going on vacation.
Cheryl Wheeler : Don't Forget The Guns !
From The Album : Driving Home
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Now let's get the kids and pack up the car
Take that vacation we've been waiting for
Drive across this country leave our worries far behind
Sing in four-part harmony to "Sweet Adeline"
'Cause I got these books and maps from triple "A"
We'll visit friends and sites along the way
Bring the bikes and toys and diapers
Pay the neighbor's sons
Call to stop the mail and honey
Don't forget the guns
Now don't forget the guns you know exactly what I mean
Bring the pistols, bring the Uzi and the old AR-15
We don't look for trouble but by golly if we're in it
It's nice to know we're free to blow 900 rounds a minute
We'll head for Chicago, stop for the night
Hope for good weather and hope the kids don't fight
They've never seen Mt. Rushmore and they ought to understand
The kind of men who forged our freedom all across this land
We'll hike up a trail and ride down a stream
Stand by Old Faithful and watch her blow off steam
When we pack picnic lunches that's not all we'll bring along
'Cause we'll be packing .45's case anything goes wrong
Now don't forget the guns you know exactly what I mean
Bring the pistols, bring the Uzi and the old AR-15
We don't look for trouble but by golly if we're in it
It's nice to know we're free to blow 900 rounds a minute
Oh riding along we'll follow the signs
Over the mountains under the pines
Up to Boot Hill where they got what they gave
In the land of the free you've got to be brave
Ohhhh.......We don't look for trouble but by golly if we're in it
It's nice to know we're free to blow 900 rounds a minute
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