Gun Shy — текст песни (Natalie Merchant)

I always knew that you would take yourself far from home as soon as, as far as you could go. By the 1/4 inch cut of your hair and the Army issue green, for the past eight weeks I can tell where you`ve been. For I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me there was soldier`s blue blood streaming inside your veins. There is a world outside of this room and when you meet it promise me you won`t meet it with your gun.
So now you are one of the brave few, it`s awful sad we need boys like you. I hope the day never comes for Here`s your live round son. Stock and barrel, safety, trigger, here`s your gun. Well I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me there was soldiers blue blood streaming inside your veins. There is a world outside of this room and when you meet it promise me you won`t meet it with your gun taking aim. For I don`t mean to argue, they`ve made a decent boy of you and I don`t mean to spoil your home coming, but baby brother you should expect me to.
Stock and barrel, safety, trigger, here`s your gun. So now does your heart pitter pat with a patriotic song when you see the stripes of Old Glory waving? Well I knew, I could see, it was all cut and dried to me there was soldier`s blue blood streaming inside your veins. There is a world outside of this room and when you meet it promise me you won`t meet it with your gun taking aim. I don`t mean to argue, they`ve made a decent boy of you and I don`t mean to spoil your homecoming my baby brother Jude and I don`t mean to hurt you by saying this again, they`re so good at making soldiers but they`re not so good at making men.