Love And A .45 - Chris Knight

Badge number 301

Sits in his car and stares at his gun

He wipes the the blood from his shirt

The sweat from his brow

He got out this time but he don’t know how

Well he’d go on home but nobody’s there

No one to hold no one to care

There was a time he had someone

But one day he came home, she was gone

Love and a .45

Are all you need to get through the night

One’ll kill you one’ll keep you alive

Love and a .45

Parole number fourteen two

Stands on the corner like she used to do

She’s been away awhile so she’s a little afraid

And the judge said he didn’t want to see her again

But she’s got no money she’s got no rent

The money she had is already spent

Cause a couple of weeks ago she learned her lesson

Went and brought herself a little Smith and Wesson

Love and a .45

Are all you need to get through the night

One’ll kill you one’ll keep you alive

Love and a .45

At 3:15 he got a call, somebody heard a scream behind a wall

At a little motel down by the bay

But before he got there, they got away

Well she was all right just a little roughed up

So he took her down to the coffee shop

The report he filed said victim unknown

Now she waits up nights for him to come home

Love and a .45

Are all you need to get through the night

One’ll kill you one’ll keep you alive

Love and a .45

Love and a .45

Are all you need to get thru the night

One’ll kill you one’ll keep you alive

Love and a .45