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
from Square
Feet
