"Shoot Me" (1986)

This is a re-written and poppified version of a song originally written in 1985. The picture is of Jeremiah Sullivan and I in the studio.

Shoot Me (1986)

© 1986 Brian Hutzell

Love you? Of course I do!

Leave you? How can I?

I've been living with you so long I'd be lost on my own

But I think I'd be better off alone

Two hunters in the wood, chasing and killing

Never turn the guns around to point at each other

How can hate be so unemployed?

Shoot me

Do something

To make it easy to leave you

I don't want to

But I've got to

And I won't unless I find a reason

We had some perfect dates but those are over

Lately all we do is fight so frequently it's not right

But something keeps me glued to your side

Pop guns in grade school, later on B.B.'s

After graduation, big game's challenge, stimulation

Is it sport for fun or one-on-one?

Shoot me

Do something

To make it easy to leave you

I don't want to

But I've got to

And I won't unless I find a reason

Bang! The shot...

Wait for the shot

Wait for the shot

No one got hurt yet

No violence

Cause you love me, hate me, shoot me

Make war then make up

Make peace, make love

Some unspoken treaty keeps the fire a chilly cold war

Fire melts the ice

Could be an avalanche

Two hunters in the dark, preying and praying

Never take the game away

The thrill of each and every fray

To pass the test

To love a game of chance

Shoot me

Do something

To make it easy to leave you

I don't want to

But I've got to

And I won't unless I find a reason

“Boys keep singing!”

Brian Hutzell

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