The most important shot you'll ever take is the one you never want The reaper came a week too late for my only son My boy, we were running free 'til February come Now you can't walk or breathe, and you're begging for the gun Being a man is giving dignity and grace Even when you're killing a love, you can't replace Oh, copper dog of all that's sacred, we erase You will be the part of me that I forever chase ♪ That old dog was the Stoic prince of all he smelled or seen How I grinned from ear to ear, saying, "He belonged to me" Now how the hand of time grips him like a thief All my pride took a ride into eternity Being a man is giving dignity and grace Even when you're killing a love, you can't replace Oh, copper dog of all that's sacred, we erase You will be the part of me that I forever chase ♪ And oh, how the mothers speak Of strangers taking burdens that are hard But I have no choice, you see For I am he and he is me And I will follow him into the dark With all my heart A mercy bark Being a man is giving dignity and grace Even when you're killing a love, you can't replace Oh, copper dog of all that's sacred, we erase You will be the part of me that I forever chase