Name: shoot first aim later
Duration: P00H03M50S
Description: Glad to be back in Mag Green writing territory this round. I think I started out in vaguely Replacements-esque territory for this one and ended up solidly in Gin Blossoms-land. Ah, well. Could be worse, I guess!

Doug Davis - shoot first aim later

from Round 27, Week 1 by Monday Morning 3AM Music Club

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Glad to be back in Mag Green writing territory this round. I think I started out in vaguely Replacements-esque territory for this one and ended up solidly in Gin Blossoms-land. Ah, well. Could be worse, I guess!

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Thought you’d light a little gasoline
hang your hat somewhere you might get seen, yeah
Don’t let ‘em tell you that it’s something you don’t mean
I heard the rumors going round this town
Maybe you flinched when the deed went down
 you signed the note, you light your torch when the mob rolls round

And wouldn’t it be a shame?
And wouldn’t it be so funny?
If you were the one to blame
 after all?

The saints call the winners
 the hustlers call the sinners
And the whole town’s ready to blow
Someone’s pointing fingers
 the allegation lingers
And everybody’s ready to go
shoot first, aim later

You dug your feet down in righteous clay 
you thought you had a little something to say
 with your disciples always passing round collection plates
You gotta know that when you crack your whip
your every word could sink a battleship
You gotta be the bigger man to set the record straight

And wouldn’t it be a shame?
And wouldn’t it be so funny?
If you were the one to blame
 after all?

The saints call the winners 
the hustlers call the sinners
And the whole town’s ready to blow
Someone’s pointing fingers
 the allegation lingers
And everybody’s ready to go
shoot first, aim later

You’ll set fire to lightning some day 
you don’t catch the rumors that way

The saints call the winners 
the hustlers call the sinners
And the whole town’s ready to blow
Someone’s pointing fingers
 the allegation lingers
And everybody’s ready to go
shoot first, aim later

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from Round 27, Week 1, released March 30, 2020

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