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it's the guns

by Philip Labes

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I have a friend of a friend who got shot themself one day
I think most of us have somebody like that who’s gone away
If she’d had time to think about it maybe she’d be around
But you get a gun in twenty minutes in this town

I was held up on a train by a kid about fourteen
Ochre-brown and terrified holding a death machine
And if you think giving me a gun would’ve stopped the whole damn thing
You’re trying to untangle things by adding extra string


It’s a little bit the people that we’ve left outside to drown
It’s a little bit the Blackrock rent that’s never going down
It’s a little bit the internet and the way we raise our sons
But mostly it’s the guns yeah it’s the guns

I don’t wanna hear any argument you pretend that you believe
Unless you’ll say it to the mother who’s still caught up in her grief
You’ve been willing to try nothing, your hands thrown in the air
God I wish I could stop bullets with your thoughts and with your prayers

Did you know laws are made up and the constitution too?
You can change it when mass murder becomes a usual thing we do
Still I’ve never seen a group of tyrants so determined not to budge
Sorry we slowed your sales down with our bodies and our blood

It’s a little bit the people that we’ve left outside to drown
It’s a little bit the Blackrock rent that’s never going down
It’s a little bit the internet and the way we raise our sons
But mostly it’s the guns yeah it’s the guns

So buy back every gun from police and people too
Change the constitution if that’s what you have to do
You made up this individual right to carry and feel strong
But the right for children to grow up is written in the stars
And the right to live in peace is one that’s given out by God
And when you’re out of line with that you change the fucking laws
It’s the guns
It’s the guns
It’s the guns

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released February 16, 2024
by Philip Labes
mixing by Mike Bouska
Art by Tristen Martino

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