The Gun
Jim Reeves

This is the story of love that came undone

This is the story of two men

And a gun of two men and a gun


A man that I'd never met stole my wife and son

But that's been nearly three years now

And it's over with and done


At first I'd stare out into space

While hate consumed my soul

Hate was the creed by which I lived

And revenge my only goal


But the road to happiness isn't paved with hate

I'm glad I learned how to forgive before it was too late


Now here's the way the other man

Paid for what he'd done

I heard it from the man's own lips

Who took my wife and son


I didn't really know this man but I'd seen him 'round

He's a new guard at the factory

Where I work, west of town


This fellow swung into step with me and said I've got to talk

I listened spellbound at his words

As we stood on the walk


You, the guard said hoarsely

Are a kind man, I surmise

As he stood there with his handkerchief

Wiping in his eyes


Three years ago I wronged a man

I stole his wife and son

I didn't realize then the terrible thing that I had done


This thing gets hold of me at night

And I can't sleep or rest

Forgive me, sir, but telling it

Seems to get it off my chest


When my past looms up like this

It kinda helps me to unload

I'm one man, sir, who knows for sure

That you reap just what you sow


I sure appreciate your listening, it helps me a lot

You know to have that man's forgiveness

I'd give everything I've got


Well, I feel much better now I, I didn't get your name

More why that was my wife's name before we wed

It's odd your name's the same


You know I'd kill a man

Who'd do to me the thing that I've done

And when the truth got through to him

He handed me his gun


As I gave the weapon back

I said what's done is done

All I ask is just be kind to Jenny and my son


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Lyrics by Jim Reeves

  'Have Thine Own Way, Lord'   (Far Away Feeling) The Spell Of The Yukon   (now And Then There's A) Fool Such As I   (Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I   \   A Beautiful Life   A Fallen Star   A Fool Such As I   A Letter To My Heart   A Nickel Piece of Candy   A Railroad Bum   A Woman's Love   A Woman’s Love   According To My Heart   According to My Heart   According to My Heart (from Jim Reeves, 1957)   According to My Heart [#]   According to My Heart [Live]   Across The Bridge   Adios Amigo   Adios Amigo (1962)   Adios Amigos   After Awhile   After Loving You   After Loving You   All Dressed Up And Lonely   Almost   Am I Losing You   Am I Losing You - Jim Reeves   Am I Losing You ?   Am I Losing You (from Jim Reeves, 1957)   Am I Losing You [#]   Am I Losing You [February 25, 1958]   Am I Losing You [Live]   Am I Losing You?   Am I Losing You?   Am I Losing You?   Am I Losing You?   Am I Losing You?   Am I Losing You? [Live]   Am I That Easy To Forget   Am I That Easy To Forget   An Evening Prayer   An Evening Prayer   An Evening Prayer [*]   An Old Christmas Card   Angels Don't Lie   Angels Don't Lie   Anna Marie   Anna Marie [#]   Anna Marie [Live]   Annabel Lee   Are You the One   Are You the One?   Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart   Auf Wiederseh'n, Sweetheart   Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart   Back Up And Push   Be Honest With Me   Beatin' On The Ding Dong   Beatin' On The Ding Dong   Beatin’ On The Ding Dong   Beautiful Life   Before I Died   Before You Came Along   Beyond The Clouds   Beyond The Shadow Of A Doubt   Billy Bayou   Billy Bayou [*]   Billy Bayou [#]   Billy Bayou [Live]   Bimbo   Bimbo [#]   Bimbo [DVD]   Bimbo [Live]   Bimbo [Live][*]   Blizzard   Blue Boy   Blue Boy (1958)   Blue Boy [#]   Blue Boy [Live]   Blue Canadian Rockies   Blue Christmas   Blue Side Of Lonesome   Blue Side Of Lonesome   Blue Side Of Lonesome (1966)   Blue Skies   Blue Without My Baby   Blues In My Heart   Blues in My Heart [February 27, 1958]   Bolandse Nooienjie   Bottle Take Effect   Bottle, Take Effect   Breeze   Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me)   But You Love Me, Daddy   Butterfly Love   C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S   Carolina Moon   Charmaine   Could I Be Falling In Love   Could I Be Falling In Love   Crying Is My Favorite Mood   Danny Boy   Danny Boy [Live][*]   Dark Moon   Dark Moon Oh, How I Miss You Tonight   Davids Hallelujah   Dear Hearts And Gentle People   Dear Hearts and Gentle People [Radio Broadcast]   Deep Dark Water   Did You Darling   Ding Dong   Dissatisfied   Distant Drums   Distant Drums [#]   Don't Ask Me Why   Don't Let Me Cross Over   Don't Tell Me   Don't You Want to Be My Girl   Don't Ask Me Why   Don't Let Me Cross Over   Don't Tell Me   Drinking Tequila   Each Beat Of My Heart   Each Time You Leave   Echo Bonita   Ek Verlang Na Jou   Ek Verlang Na Jou   Evening Prayer   Evening Prayer   Everywhere You Go   Everywhere You Go [LP Master]   Everywhere You Go [Radio Broadcast]   Everywhere You Go [Single Master]   Everywhere You Go [Single Version]   Fallen Star   Farmer And The Lord   Final Affair   Flowers The Sunset The Trees   Fool Such as I   Fool's Paradise   Fool's Paradise   Four Walls   Four Walls   Four Walls [Live]   From A Jack To A King   Give Me One More Kiss   God Be With You   Gods Were Angry With Me   Golden Memories And Silver Tears   Good Morning Self   Good Night Irene   Goodnight Irene   Got You On My Mind   Guilty   Gun   Gypsy Feet   Gypsy Heart   Have I Stayed Away Too Long   Have I Stayed Away Too Long?   Have I Told You Lately   Have I Told You Lately That I Love   Have I Told You Lately That I Love You   Have I Told You Lately That I Love You [Live]   Have I Told You Lately That I Love You [Radio Broa...   Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?   Have I Told You Latey That I Love You   Have Thine Own Way Lord   Have You Ever Been Lonely   Have You Ever Been Lonely - Jim Reeves & Patsy Cli...   Have You Ever Been Lonely (have You Ever Been Blue...   Hawaiian Wedding Song   He'll Have To Go   He'll Have To Go   Heart Breaking Baby   Heartbreak In Silhouette   Hell Have To Go   Highway To Nowhere   Hillbilly Waltz   Home   Home   Home [Radio Broadcast]   Honey Won't You Please Come Home   Honey Won't You Please Come Home   Honey, Won't You Please Come Home   How Can I Write On Paper   How Can I Write on Paper (What I Feel in My Heart)   How Can I Write On Paper What I Feel In My Heart   How Long Has It Been   How Many   How Many?   How's the World Treating You   How's the World Treating You (from Jim Reeves, 195...   How's The World Treating You   I Can't Fly   I Can't Stop Loving You   I Can't Fly   I Can't Stop Loving You   I Care No More   I Catch Myself Crying   I Could Cry   I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore   I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore   I Fall To Pieces   I Get The Blues When It Rains   I Grew Up   I Guess I'm Crazy   I Guess I'm Crazy (For Loving You)   I Guess I'm Crazy   I Heard A Heart Break Last Night   I Know One   I Know One [#]   I Know One [Live]   I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome (Ñarl Butter)   I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome (arl Butter)   I Love You Because   I Love You Because [DVD]   I Love You Because [In the Airport Lounge with His...   I Love You More   I Missed Me   I Missed Me [#]   I Missed Me [Live]   I Never Pass There Anymore   I Rather Have Jesus Than Silver And Gold   I Was Just Walkin' Out The Door   I Was Just Walkin' Out The Door   I Was Just Walking Out The Door   I Won't Come In While He Is There   I Won't Come In While He's Still There   I Won't Come in While He's There   I Won't Forget You   I Won't Come In While He's There   I Won't Forget You   I'd Fight The World   I'd Like To Be   I'd Rather Have Jesus   I'll Always Love You   I'll Fly Away   I'll Follow You   I'll Tell The World I Love You   I'm A Fool To Care   I'm Beginning to Forget You   I'm Crying Again   I'm Gettin' Better   I'm Getting Better   I'm Glad You're Better   I'm Gonna Change Everything   I'm Hurtin' Inside   I'm Waiting For The Ships That Never Come In   I've Enjoyed As Much Of This As I Can Stand   I've Lived A Lot In My Time   I've Lived A Lot In My Time (from Jim Reeves, 1957...   I'd Fight The World   I'd Like To Be   I'd Rather Have Jesus   I'll Always Love You   I'll Fly Away   I'll Follow You   I'll Tell The World I Love You   I'm A Fool To Care   I'm Beginning To Forget You   I'm Crying Again   I'm Getting Better   I'm Glad You're Better   I'm Gonna Change Everything   I'm Hurtin' Inside   I'm Waiting For The Ships That Never Come In   I've Enjoyed As Much Of This As I Can Stand   I've Lived A Lot In My Time   Ichabod Crane   Ichabot Crane   If Heartache Is The Fashion   If Heartaches Are the Fashion   If You Were Mine   If You Were Mine [Radio Broadcast]   Im Gettin Better   In A Mansion Stands My Love   In a Mansion Stands My Love [#]   In a Mansion Stands My Love [Live]   In The Garden   In the Jailhouse Now   In The Misty Moonlight   In The Misty Moonlight   Is It Really Over   Is It Really Over?   Is This Me   It Hurts So Much   It Hurts So Much (To See You Go)   It Hurts So Much (To See You Go)   It Is No Secret   It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)   It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)   It's Hard To Love Just One   It's No Sin   It's Nothin' To Me   It's Only a Paper Moon   It's Hard To Love Just One   It's No Sin   It's Nothin' To Me   It's Only A Paper Moon   Jimbo Jenkins   Jingle Bells   Just Call Me Lonesome   Just Call Me Lonesome   Just Out Of Reach   Just Out Of Reach   Just Walk On By   Just Walk On By   Just Walking In The Rain   Just Walking In The Rain   Kentucky Waltz   Let Me Love Just A Little   Let Me Love Just A Little   Let Me Love You Just A Little   Let Me Love You Just a Little [Alternate Take]   Let Me Remember   Letter To My Heart   Linda   Little Ole Dime   Little Ole You   Lonely Music   Lonesome Waltz   Look Behind You   Losing Your Love   Love Is No Excuse   Love Me A Little Bit More   Love Shack   Make The World Go Away   Make the World Go Away   Making Believe   Making Believe (from Jim Reeves, 1957)   Making Believe [Radio Broadcast]   Margie   Maria Elena   Marie   Mary Carter Paint, No. 3 [Instrumental]   Mary's Little Boy Child   Mary's Boy Child   Maureen   Maureen   May The Good Lord Bless & Keep You   May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You   Memories Are Made Of This   Men With Broken Hearts   Merry Christmas Polka   Mexicali Rose   Mexican Joe   Mexican Joe (1953)   Mighty Everglades   Missing Angel   Missing You   Mona Lisa   Moon River   Moonlight And Roses   Moonlight And Roses (bring Mem'ries Of You)   Moonlight and Roses (Brings Memories of You)   Most Of The Time   Most Of The Time   Mother Went A Walkin'   Mother Went A Walkin'   My Blinde Hart   My Cathedral   My Happiness   My Heart's Like A Welcome Mat   My Juanita   My Lips Are Sealed   My Lips Are Sealed [#]   My Mary   Near The Cross   Need Me   Never Take No For An Answer   Never Take No For An Answer   Nickel Piece Of Candy   Nickel Piece Of Candy   Night Watch   No One To Cry To   Nobody's Fool   Nooientjie Van De Ou Transvaal   Not Until The Next Time   O Come All Ye Faithful   O Come All Ye Faithful (adeste Fideles)   O Little Town Of Bethlehem   Oh Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles)   Oh Gentle Shepherd   Oh How I Miss You Tonight   Oh What It Seemed To Be   Oklahoma Hills   Oklahoma Hills   Old Christmas Card   Old Kalahari   Old Kalahari   Old Tige   Old Tige   Old Time Religion   Once Upon A Time   One Dozen Roses   One Dozen Roses Roses   One That Got Away   Overnight   Padre of Old San Antone   Paradise   Partners   Peace In the Valley   Peace in the Valley [Live]   Penny Candy   Penny Candy   Please Leave My Darling Alone   Please Release Me   Poor Little Doll   Precious Memories   Pride Goes Before A Fall   Put Your Sweet Lips   Railroad Bum   Ramona   Read This Letter   Rodger Young   Roly Poly   Roly Poly [Radio Broadcast]   Room Full Of Roses   Rosa Rio   Roses   Roses Are Red (my Love)   Roving Gambler   San Antonio Rose   Sand In My Shoe   Sand In My Shoes   Satan Can't Hold Me   Scarlet Ribbons   Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)   Sea of a Heartbreak   Seabreeze   Señor Santa Claus   Send Me Back My Love   Senor Santa Claus   Seven Days   Shifting Whispering Sands   Silent Night   Silver Bells   Silver Bells   Snow Flake   Snowflake   Softly and Tenderly   Softly and Tenderly [#]   Softly and Tenderly [Live]   Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)   Somewhere Along the Line   Spanish Violins   Stand at Your Window   Stand at Your Window   Stand at Your Window [Live][*]   Stand In   Storm   Streets Of Laredo   Streets Of Laredo   Suppertime   Sweet Sue   Sweet Sue Just You   Tahiti   Tahiti (Verre Land)   Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me   Take My Hand Precious Lord   Take My Hand, Precious Lord   Talking Walls   Teach Me How To Pray   Teach Me How to Pray [*]   Teardrops In My Heart   Teardrops On The Rocks   Tennessee Waltz   That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine   That's A Sad Affair   That's When I See The Blues   That's When I See the Blues (In Your Pretty Brown ...   The Blizzard   The Blizzard [Live]   The Blizzard [Live][*]   The Farmer and the Lord   The Flowers, The Sunset, The Trees   The Gods Were Angry With Me   The Hawaiian Wedding Song   The Highway To Nowhere   The Highway to Nowhere [Radio Broadcast]   The Merry Christmas Polka   The Night Watch   The Oklahoma Hills   The Oklahoma Hills [Radio Broadcast]   The Old Kalahari   The Shifting Whispering Sands   The Spell Of The Yukon   The Storm   The Streets of Laredo   The Talking Walls   The Wild Rose   The Wilder Your Heart Beats (The Sweeter You Love)   The Wilder Your Heart Beats (the Sweeter Your Love...   The Wind-up   The World You Left Behind   Theme Of Love   Then I'll Stop Loving You   There Is A New Moon   There'll Be Bluebirds Over The White Cliffs Of Dov...   There's a Heartache Following Me   There's A Moon Over My Shoulder   There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder   There's Always Me   There's That Smile Again   There’s Someone Who Loves You   This Is It   This World Is Not My Home   Throw Another Log on the Fire   Tie That Binds   Till The End Of The World   Till The End Of The World (from Jim Reeves, 1957)   Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals   Too Many Parties Too Many Pals   Trouble In The Amen Corner   Trouble In The Amen Corner   True   Trying To Forget   Tweedle O'Twill   Two Shadows On Your Window   Verreland   Wagon Load Of Love   Wagon Load of Love [2]   Waiting for a Train   Waiting for a Train [First Version]   Waiting for a Train [Live]   Walking the Floor over You   Walking the Floor Over You [Live][*]   Waltzing On Top Of The World   We Could   We Could   We Thank Thee   Welcome To My World   Welcome To My World - Jim Reeves   Welcome To My World (1964)   What Were You Doing Last Night   What Would You Do   What's In It for Me   When Did You Leave Heaven?   When God Dips His Love In My Heart   When I Lost You   When Two Worlds Collide   When You Are Gone   Where Do I Go From Here   Where Do I Go From Here   Where Do I Go to Throw a Picture Away   Where Does A Broken Heart Go   Where Does A Broken Heart Go   Where We'll Never Grow Old   Whispering Hope   Whispering Hope   White Christmas   Why Do I Love You   Why Do I Love You   Why Do I Love You (melody Of Love)   Wild Rose   Wild Rose   Wildwood Flower   Wind Up Doll   Wishful Thinking   World You Left Behind   Wreck Of The No.9   Wreck Of The No.9   Yonder Comes a Sucker   Yonder Comes A Sucker   Yonder Comes A Sucker (1955)   Yonder Comes a Sucker [DVD]   Yonder Comes a Sucker [Live]   Yonder Comes a Sukcer   Yonder Comes Sucker   You Are My Love   You Belong To Me   You Darling You   You Kept Me Awake Last Night   You'll Never Be Mine Again   You'll Never Know   You're Free to Go   You're The Only Good Thing   You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened To Me)   You're The Sweetest Thing   Young Hearts   Your Old Love Letters   Your Old Love Letters [Live][*]   Your Old Love Letters [Radio Broadcast]   Your Wedding   Yours   Yours (quiereme Mucho)

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