45 (Acoustic Version)

Send away for a priceless gift

One not subtle, one not on the list

And send away for a perfect world

One not simply, so absurd

'Cause in these times of doing what you're told

You keep these feelings, that no one knows

So whatever happened to the young man's heart?

It's swallowed by pain, as he slowly fell apart

And I'm staring down the barrel of a forty-five

I'm swimming through the ashes of another life

There's no real reason to accept the way things have changed

Staring down the barrel of a forty-five

Send a message to the unborn child

To keep your eyes open for a while

'Cause in a box high up on the shelf

It's left for you, and no one else

There's a piece of a puzzle known as life

It's wrapped in guilt and sealed up tight

So whatever happened, yeah to the young man's heart?

It's swallowed by pain, as he slowly fell apart

And I'm staring down the barrel of a forty-five

I'm swimming through the ashes of another life

There's no real reason to accept the way things have changed

I'm staring down the barrel of a fort-five

'Cause everyone's pointing their fingers

They're always condemning me

Well nobody knows what I believe

What I believe

And I'm staring down the barrel of a forty-five

I'm swimming through the ashes of another life

There's no real reason to accept the way things have changed

Staring down the barrel

Well, and I'm staring down the barrel of a forty-five

And I'm swimming through the ashes of another life

There is no real reason to accept the way things have changed

Staring down the barrel, yeah of a forty-five

Yeah of a forty-five

I am staring down the barrel of a forty-five