Without a Shot

[Verse 1]

Put your guns out on the table

Throw your bullets on the floor

This weary old house

Can't take it anymore

From the ovens in the kitchen

To the chains out in the dirt

Rope hanging in the bedroom

That's some of our dirty work

[Verse 2]

The distant sleeping shadows

That lie out in the yard

The wind that distorts the meaning

Of who we really are

Saluting of ourselves

As we pass by our mirrors

This show of phony adulation

Just masquerades all our fears

[Verse 3]

So we open our eyes at midnight

See the setting of the sun

Foundation is crumbling

The inner structure's gone

Used up by corruption

And the passage of time

We hope we got some fight left

'Cause our children, our children are dying

[Verse 4]

So we think that forgiveness

Is a God-given right

And equality for all

Is just a waste of our time

With our nickel-plated Jesus

Chained around our necks

Handing out verses of scripture

Like we wrote it down ourselves

[Verse 5]

Respect that we once had

Went up the water spout

Tried to keep it secret

But the secret was found out

Got to thinking high and mighty

Like everything was a lock

Some now say this house

Can be taken without a shot

[Verse 6]

So the hole gets dug deeper

With every wedding bell

And we sell each other down the road

'Til there's nothing left to sell

And slowly but surely

We disappear without a trace

We point our fingers at each other

And say, "What the hell happened to this place?"

[Outro]

Without a shot

Without a shot

Without a shot