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Liberal with a Gun

from A Murder of Songs by Grant Peeples

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about

This song was first recorded in 2007 on my inaugural record,
“Down Here in the County,” which is mercifully out of print. With
some elements of trepidation, and a moment or two of stark pause,
I dusted it off fifteen years later. (I have a good friend, who’s a great
musician, decline to play on this song because he was concerned
about “message.”) The song seems to me, regrettably, to be more
relevant now than it was fifteen years ago.

lyrics

Liberal with a Gun by Grant Peeples

I climbed up on the mountain to see what they’d done
They were waving flags and banging on their drums
Their sabers, they were rattling, jackboots on the march
They had venom in the eye and hatred in their heart
Their crosses, they were burning in the valley
The Truth, it was staring at the sun
I know they’re locked and loaded, but they ain’t the only ones
They better look though cause there’s liberals, and they too got guns

Well I feel a little edgy, got my patience running low
I took it for a while, but I ain’t gonna take no more
They been wanting the Almighty to do their dirty work
But when you play with fire somebody’s gonna get hurt
They wrapped their arms around the darkness
And look at all the evil what they done
You can weep and say a prayer, bout what the country has become
And leave the dirty work to liberals with guns
I got no name to protect, no credibility to lose
Ain’t afraid no more of what I just might do
We had a knee down on their necks, but I guess we kinda choked
No, it ain’t over till your brother counts the votes
Crosses, are now burning in the valley
The Truth, it is staring at the sun
No, it wasn’t without warning, now it’s officially begun
They better look out though, for liberals who still have guns
I know they’re locked and loaded, but they ain’t the only ones
I say, no, they ain’t they only ones

credits

from A Murder of Songs, released February 21, 2023
Drums and bass—by Joseph Interrante and Vinnie Seplesky—were recorded by John Kelly at the Hideaway Studio in St. Pete. The session then came to Log Cabin in Tallahassee where I sang the vocal track.
Danny Goddard added electric guitar, as did Gurf Morlix from his
studio in Austin, and Avis Berry and Razi Rwito sang background
vocals.

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Grant Peeples Tallahassee, Florida

A self-described “tree-hugger that watches NASCAR, and Buddhist with a gun below the seat,” Grant Peeples is known for his axe-sharp socio-political tunes, raucous humor and heart-gigging ballads.
He is the recipient of the Focus Foundation Award for Creative Excellence, which cited the “humor, compassion and wisdom of his songs,” and their "unflinching social insight and cultural acuity." ... more

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