In a rundown store at the edge of town
They sold a gun called Columbine, called Columbine
It's been a long, long time since I held a gun
It's been a long time since the West was won, since the West was won
But I need protection
From people like me
It becomes an infection
Becomes a disease
It's been a long time since I held a gun
To the head of a man in the name of love
It's been a long time since a bullet flew
From the laws that were passed by the powers that be
It's the same old store where they proudly sold
The gun that shot John Lennon down, shot Lennon down
It's the same old news when the kids that go
Off to school don't make it home, don't make it home
But I need protection
From people like me
It becomes an infection
Becomes a disease
It's been a long time since I held a gun
To the head of a man in the name of love
It's been a long time since a bullet flew
From the laws that were passed by the powers that be
In the land of the free
In the land of the free
You could go fully automatic, give me all that cash
You could go fully automatic, give me cold hard cash
You could go fully automatic, give me cold hard cash
Fully automatic
As an American, this is my right
As an American, this is my right
This is my right
It's been a long time since I held a gun
It's been a long, long time since the West was won
It's been a long time since I held a gun
To the head of a man in the name of love
It's been a long time since a bullet flew
From the laws that were passed by the powers that be