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  1. She Ain't A Pistol (She's A Shotgun)

From the recording Promise to Harry

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An unabashed folk-rock rave-up with a driving backbeat and impassioned Memphis-style vocals all about the femme fatale who’s all-too-easy to fall for. Features Sherpas’ guest Jon Carroll on piano, Hammond B3 and high harmonies.

Lyrics

She ain’t a pistol, she’s a shotgun
She ain’t a drizzle, she’s a driving rain
She ain’t a twister, she’s a hurricane
She ain’t so easy to explain
There ain’t nobody she can’t outrun
Still you think you can make her change
But she ain’t answering to no one
She ain’t a pistol, she’s a shotgun

Her mama was a trapeze artist
Her daddy was a railroad man
They left her alone for too long at home
And one day she came up with a plan

She ain’t a pistol, she’s a shotgun
She ain’t a drizzle, she’s a driving rain
She ain’t a twister, she’s a hurricane
She ain’t so easy to explain
There ain’t nobody she can’t outrun
Still you think you can make her change
But she ain’t answering to no one
She ain’t a pistol, she’s a shotgun

So she learned how to run the table
She learned how to stack the deck
She’s salty and sweet and just out of reach
And no one’s got ahold of her yet

She ain’t a pistol, she’s a shotgun

You don’t know where she’s going
Like you see where she’s been
And she knows that you’re hoping
You’re gonna see her again
Another fish on a long, long line
And she’s reeling you in


She ain’t a pistol, she’s a shotgun
She ain’t a drizzle, she’s a driving rain
She ain’t a twister, she’s a hurricane
She ain’t so easy to explain
There ain’t nobody she can’t outrun
Still you think you can make her change
But she ain’t answering to no one
She ain’t a pistol, she’s a shotgun


Words & Music: Tom Prasada-Rao, Michael Lille & Tom Kimmel
©2023 Simple Gift Music (BMI)/Downstream Lean Music (BMI)/Morrissette Music (ASCAP)