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Where′d you come from? 
 
Mississippi 

 
And your parents? 

 
Very wealthy. 

 
Where are they now? 

 
Six feet under. 

  
But she was granted one more start 

 
The convent of The Sacred Heart! 

 
When′d you get here? 

 
1920 

 
How old were you? 

 
Don′t remember 

 
Then what happened? 

 
I met Amos 
And he stole my heart away 
Convinced me to elope one day 

  
A convent girl! A run-away marriage! 
oh， it′s too terrible. You poor， poor dear. 

 
Who′s Fred Casely? 

 
My ex-boyfriend. 

 
Why′d you shoot him? 

 
I was leavin′. 

 
Was her angry? 

 
Like a madman 
Still I said， "Fred， move along." 

  
She knew that she was doin′ wrong. 

 
Then describe it. 

 
He came toward me. 

 
With a pistol? 

 
From my bureau. 

 
Did you fight him? 

 
Like a tiger. 

  
He had strength and she had none. 

 
And yet we both reached for the gun 
Oh yes， oh yes， oh yes we both 
Oh yes we both 
Oh yes， we both reached for 
The gun， the gun， the gun， the gun 
Oh yes， we both reached for the gun 
For the gun. 

Oh yes， oh yes， oh yes they both 
Oh yes， they both 
Oh yes， they both reached for 
The gun， the gun， the gun， the gun， 
Oh yes， they both reached for the gun 
for the gun. 

  
understandable. understandable 
Yes， it′s perfectly understandable 
Comprehensible. Comprehensible 
Not a bit reprehensible 
It′s so defensible! 

 
How′re you feeling? 

 
Very frightened 

 
Are you sorry? 

 
Are you kidding? 

 
What′s you′re statement? 

 
All I′d say is 
Though my choo-choo jumped the track 
I′d give my life to bring him back 

 
And? 

 
Stay away from 

 
What? 

 
Jazz and liquor 

 
And? 

 
And the men who 

 
What? 

 
Play for fun 

 
And what? 

 
That′s the thougt that 

 
Yeah 

 
Came upon me 

 
When? 

 
When we both reached for the gun! 


Understandable， understandable 


Yes， it′s perfectly understandable 
Comprehensible， comprehensible 
Not a bit reprehensible 
It′s so defensible! 


Let me 
Hear it! 

 
Oh yes， oh yes， oh yes， they both 
Oh yes， they both 
Oh yes， they both reached for 
The gun， the gun， the gun， 
The gun 
Oh yes， they both reached 
For the gun 


A little louder! 

 
For the Gun. 
Oh yes， oh yes， oh yes， they both 
Oh yes， they both 
Oh yes， they both reached 
For the gun， the gun， 


Now you got it! 

 
The gun，the gun 
Oh yes. They both reached 
For the gun 
For the gun. 


Oh yes， oh yes， oh yes， they both 
Oh yes， they both 
Oh yes， they both reached for 
The gun， the gun， the gun，the gun 
Oh yes， they both reached for the gun. 

Oh yes， oh yes， oh yes， they both 
Oh yes， they both 
Oh yes， reached for 
The gun， the gun， the gun，the gun 
The gun， the gun， the gun，the gun 
The gun， the gun， the gun，the gun 
The gun， the gun， the gun，the gun. 

  
Both reached for the...gun 

 
The gun， the gun， the gun，the gun 
The gun， the gun， the gun，the gun 
The gun