Lyr Add: Don't Forget the Guns (Cheryl Wheeler)

Subject: Lyr Add: Bring The Guns
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 04 Aug 04 - 02:10 PM

another one from an old cassette tape made off of radio
several years ago - artist/time frame unknown
wording not real clear in a couple of places...

BRING THE GUNS
ARTIST UNKNOWN (Female)
Done Bluegrass Style

now let's get the kids and pack up the car
take that vacation we've been waiting for
drive across the country leave our worries far behind
sing 4 part harmony in Sweet Adeline
(sweet Adeline)

i got these books and the maps from triple A
and we'll visit friends and such along the way
bring the bikes & toys & diapers, pay the neighbor's son
and call and stop the mail and honey don't forget the guns

CHORUS
don't forget the guns, you know exactly what i mean
bring the pistols, bring the Uzzi and the old AR-15
we don't look for trouble, but by golly, if we're in it
it's nice to know we're free to run 500 rounds a minute

we'll head for Chicago and stop for a night
hope for good weather, hope the kids don't fight
they've never seen Mt. Rushmore and they ought to understand
the kind of men who forged our freedom all across this land
(Sweet Adeline)

we'll hike up a trail and ride down a stream
stand by ole faithful and watch her blow off steam
well we'll pack great big lunches, that's not all we'll bring along
'cause we'll be packing 45's, case anything goes wrong

oh riding along, we'll follow the signs
over the mountains, under the pines
[up to blue hills?] where they got what they gave
in the land of the free, you've got to be brave

CHORUS

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bring The Guns
From: Amos
Date: 04 Aug 04 - 03:13 PM

Thanks, Gene! I like that one!


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Subject: Lyr Add: DON'T FORGET THE GUNS (Cheryl Wheeler)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 06:18 PM

Copied from a fan site: http://www.cherylwheeler.com/songs/dftg.html

A sarcastic song that was inspired by an article in the Feb 1989 issue of Time on Popular Assault Weapons. This was right after a man opened fire at an elementary playground with an assault rifle in Stockton, CA. The article claimed the typical American family was fairly well armed.

Cheryl then started thinking about her childhood, and the fact that they didn't have any guns in the family. She remembered a vacation they took where they went out west and saw all the tourist sites.

The two topics went together and merged into this song. The song portrays the NRA's version of a "typical American family" going on vacation.
--[notes by William R. Pringle]


DON'T FORGET THE GUNS (a.k.a. THE NELSONS' RIDE ALONG)
Words and music by Cheryl Wheeler

Now, let's get the kids and pack up the car,
Take that vacation we've been waiting for,
Drive across this country, leave our worries far behind,
Singin' four-part harmony to "Sweet Adeline."

'Cause I got these books and maps from "Triple-A."
We'll visit friends and sites along the way,
So bring the bikes and toys and diapers, pay the neighbor's son,
And call to stop the mail and, honey, don't forget the guns.

CHORUS: Now, don't forget the guns. You know exactly what I mean:
Bring the pistols; bring the UZI and the old AR-15.
We don't look for trouble, but by golly, if we're in it,
It's nice to know we're free to blow nine hundred rounds a minute.

We'll head for Chicago, stop for the night,
Hope for good weather, hope the kids don't fight.
They've never seen Mt. Rushmore and they ought to understand
The kind of men who forged our freedom all across this land.

We'll hike up a trail and ride down a street,
Stand by Old Faithful and watch her blow off steam.
When we pack picnic lunches, that's not all we'll bring along,
'Cause we'll be packing 45's case anything goes wrong. CHORUS

Oh, riding along we'll follow the signs,
Over the mountains, under the pines,
Up to Boot Hill where they got what they gave.
In the land of the free, you've got to be brave. CHORUS

[From "Driving Home" by Cheryl Wheeler, Rounder Records, 1993.]

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Bring The Guns
From: GUEST,Gene
Date: 08 Aug 04 - 11:00 PM

Thanks Jim, a local pal also found it on the net,

under the title of

DONT FORGET THE GUNS..

all i remembered from the old radio tape was

bring the guns

and my tape copy was not too good, and it was very hard to
understand some words/lines