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The Dead Milkmen
Soul Rotation
If I Had a Gun

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The Dead Milkmen

If I Had a Gun

Release date: 14th April 1992

From Soul Rotation

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About This Track

"If I Had a Gun" is a track by The Dead Milkmen, from the album Soul Rotation, released 14th April 1992. Full lyrics are available below.

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The Dead Milkmen

The Dead Milkmen

Lyrics

If I Had a Gun

[Verse 1]

Would I be amused

Would you be impressed

That I had the power

To put a hole into your chest?

When the kids are crying

And the welfare check's been spent

Would I rob a liquor store

To get some money for the rent?

[Chorus]

If I had a gun

If I had a gun

If I had a gun

If I had a gun

If I had a gun

[Verse 2]

Would I start smoking Marlboros?

Would I stop smoking Kents?

Would I gain some new respect?

Would I gain some confidence?

Would I suddenly go crazy

And shoot my family?

And see myself years later

On some crime show on TV?

[Chorus]

If I had a gun

If I had a gun

If I had a gun

If I had a gun

If I had a gun

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

Would I wear it in a holster?

Would I keep it concealed?

Would I put it on the table

Every time that I'm misdealed?

When I hear a nearby gunshot

When I'm up at night alone

Would I feel a little safer

Here in my urban home?

[Chorus]

If I had a gun

If I had a gun

If I had a gun

If I had a gun

If I had a gun

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Track details

From Soul Rotation

1992

Album

The Dead Milkmen

Release year

1992

—Shaft in Greenland
—At the Moment
—All Around the World
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—Big Scary Place
—Here Comes Mr. X
—If I Had a Gun
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—Silly Dreams
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Producer: Ted Niceley
Credited: Ted Niceley