Granddaddy's Gun歌词

It sits above the mantle on a couple rusty nails
And it's worth a bunch of money

but it damn sure ain't for sale

The good Lord only knows
all the stories it could tell
Granddaddy's gun

He bought it new out of
a Sears and Roebuck catalog

And it shot a many shell over
the top of an old bird dog
And it backed a burglar down
when grandma took the safety off
Granddaddy's gun

It's just a double barrel 12
The stock is cracked
and it kicks like hell
It wouldn't mean
what it means to me to no one

I can hear his voice
when I put it to my shoulder
"A gun's like a woman,
son it's all how you hold her"
He taught me a whole lot
more than how to hunt

And one of these days
I'll pass it on to my son

Granddaddy's gun

He handed it to me on the day I turned 13

With a half-shot box of shells
and a kit to keep it clean

I keep a picture in the case of
that sweet old man and me
With granddaddy's gun

It's just a double barrel 12
The stock is cracked and it kicks like hell
It wouldn't mean
what it means to me to no one

I can hear his voice
when I put it to my shoulder
"A gun's like a woman,
son it's all how you hold her"
He taught me a whole lot
more than how to hunt

And one of these days
I'll pass it on to my son
Granddaddy's gun

There's a long beard living
on the living room wall
That I got with a box call

And granddaddy's gun

There's a shot up stop sign on 49
That me and Billy Joe took out one night
With granddaddy's gun

Granddaddy's gun

It sits above the mantle

on a couple rusty nails

And it's worth a bunch of money

but it damn sure ain't for sale