Ian Anderson - I Am Your Gun lyrics

Blew my smoke on a sunny day When the first black powder came my way Hot lead ball from a muzzle cold --- To win fair lady and take your gold I know it hardly seems the time --- (I am your gun) To talk of blue steel so sublime I can understand your point of view To tell the truth I'd scare me too Match, wheel and flintlock, they all caught your eye Pearl-handled ladies' models, scaled down to size I am the peacemaker, so the theory goes But I don't choose the company I keep --- And it shows I am your gun Love me, I'm your gun Maxim and Browning, they helped me along Stoner, Kalashnikov --- thrilled to my song Now one of me exists, for each one of you So how can you blame me for the things that I do? Now I take second place to the motor car In the score of k**ing kept thus far And just remember, if you don't mind --- It's not the gun that k**s but the man behind I am your gun