Trigger

Trigger

The gun was silver, his finger on the trigger and his hand was shaking
I could hear whispers in the shadows of the sounds my life was making

I had nothing but car keys and 13 dollars wadded up in a crumpled ball
I said man that’s your lucky number you can drive it away and keep it all

But that’s all I’ve got
And I’m sorry

You know how they say that time slows down well they ain’t kidding it works that way
I could count every tear running down his cheeks and I knew exactly what he was going to say

He said I used to be somebody special, somebody somebody loved a lot
I didn’t change I thought I was the same but now I guess I’m not

And that’s all I’ve got
And I’m sorry

I said you can kill me if it changes anything but you know damn well that it don’t He said I could kill you but it would change everything so maybe I won’t

I closed my eyes and I heard footsteps and everything happened so fast
I was a father once and a father twice and 30 years had passed

And that’s all I’ve got