If I Had A Rifle

If I had a rifle it I would bust Then in the corner it would just rust, And there it would forever stay Until my dying day. While in the corner it's not killing While in the corner my soul would be healing, Not one stranger met or burglar ever at my door I'm not in a constant war. I am not scared or afraid of creaks at night And I never meet any stranger with terror and fright, And I am not terrified to walk outside Without a gun in my hand or strapped at my side. No person will I ever maim or kill Either by accident or for the thrill, No weapon do I need to prove that I'm a protector or a man Without any weapon I easily can. Now I think that if Eve had left that Apple alone Then from her sin we would not had heard her moan, But, of course the Devil whispered in her ear So, she believed what she wanted to hear. The Devil had whispered into my ear as well He wanted to lead me to sin and then straight to hell, But, from evil and hatred and being a bully I did repent On any rifle's trigger, will never be my fingerprint. Randy L. McClave