If I Had a Gun (A Love Song) by Edward Sparks/Pepperland Productions

Here is a rough mix of one of my newest.  My writing is all over the place, but I like it that way!  This one is a tongue-in-cheek love song in with a kind of "John Prine meets The Weavers" sound!  

I still need to add the brushes-on-a-snare percussion from the 1st chorus to the end, and of course this is only a rough mix as I mix all the songs at once to keep the sound of a CD consistent. I think this is one that Walt Pilcher will like!  Walt?

As always, thanks for listening!  Edward

Here are the lyrics:

If I had a Gun (A Love Song)  

If I had a gun, I wouldn’t know what to do with it 

It’d probably go off by accident….and shoot someone innocent 

Not something I’d wanna own…Hell, I never even held one 

I wouldn’t know what to do with it…..If I had a gun

I never had a fancy car, with lots of paint and chrome

I’d probably have a accident, just tryin’ to get home

Not something I’d wanna own  might take me too far

I wouldn’t know what to do with it, If I had a fancy car

But when you have true love you find you don’t need much

Just the occasional kiss…..to go with the occasional touch

‘Cause love, it ain’t dangerous or fancy, when it’s true

I don’t need nothing else, now that I have you 

If I had a mansion, I’d get lost on my way to dinner

Take a wrong turn miss my meal and end up….way thinner

Real estate don’t seem so real, never has….never will

I’d get lost way too easy in a mansion on a hill

But when you have true love you find you don’t need much

Just the occasional kiss…..to go with the occasional touch

‘Cause love, it ain’t dangerous or fancy, when it’s true

I don’t need nothing else, now that I have you

No, I don’t need nothing else, now that I have you 

Words & Music by Edward Sparks

Copyright M. Edward Sparks/Pepperland Productions 2011