Yeah, he put another notch in it that day
Another bullet in there just because he could
He said his momma always told him he was mean
His daddy liked to drink a little, never showed him what a man should be
(Chorus)
So he's out on that back porch cleaning his gun
Getting ready for whoever, if the need may come
Gonna have it loaded cause you just ain't safe
Out here by yourself when it's so damn late
Out here on that back porch cleaning his gun
(Verse 2)
Yeah, you can tell a story just a look
You can hear a song or even find a book
About some poor soul on this big world out here somewhere
Just trying to figure out exactly when he got it all wrong
(Chorus)
So he's out on that back porch cleaning his gun
Getting ready for whoever, if the need may come
Gonna have it loaded cause you just ain't safe
Out here by yourself when it's so damn late
Out here on that back porch cleaning his gun
(Bridge)
He just stares through them glasses out in the dark
At a full moon rising up over a dog gone dog barking like crazy back up the road somewhere
There ain't nobody out
It don't even matter
Long as he's got somethin' in that chamber