Send away for a priceless gift   One not subtle, one not on the list   Send away for a perfect world   One not simply so absurd   In these times of doing what you're told   Keep these feelings, no one knows   What ever happened to the young man's heart   Swallowed by pain as he slowly fell apart      And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45   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 45      Send a message to the unborn child   Keep your eyes open for a while   In a box high up on the shelf   Left for you, no one else   There's a piece of a puzzle known as life   Wrapped in guild, sealed up tight   What ever happened to the young man's heart   Swallowed by pain as he slowly fell apart      And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45   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 45      Everyone's pointing their fingers   Always condemning me   And nobody knows what I believe   I believe      And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45   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 45      And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45   I'm swimming through the ashes of another life   There's no real reason to accept the way things ahve changed   Staring down the barrel of a 45