Get Rid Of That Thing

Come on over here, what you got in your hand Come on let me see You could ruin somebody's life With that thing, maybe me You go walkin' around feeling like a big shot 'Cause you got one at your waste Makin' widows and orphans out of mothers And children all over the place Get rid of that thing - hear what I say Get rid of that thing - throw it away Yes it built this country, so what? So did real estate tycoons Small pox blankets And dime novel cartoons Guns and drums and more guns Everywhere you look Get rid of that thing Put it in a history book Get rid of that thing - hear what I say Get rid of that thing - throw it away 2nd Amendment, my ass You can't even count that far I'm tired of gettin't shot By Ted Nugent's other guitar You got somethin' to say Why don't you use your brain? I know you had one somewhere Before it went down the drain Get rid of that thing - hear what I say Get rid of that thing - throw it away So you keep one around the house just in case And you got it safely put Til you put it in your pocket all of a sudden And shoot yourself in the foot Didn't you know that was gonna happen? It's not a matter of if Wherever there's a jump-off There's bound to be a cliff Get rid of that thing - hear what I say Get rid of that thing - throw it away Cops got 'em, and the army's got 'em The cartels got 'em, the bikers got 'em, Your Uncle Fred's got 'em And you got 'em too For protection from infection To correct the last election With an would-be insurrection Now what're you gonna do Get rid of that thing - hear what I say Get rid of that thing - throw it away Outside the VFW Hall In Santa Cruz, California They built monument to carnage As a way to try to warn you And in the base of that monument There's more than a hundred useless guns Melted down and mixed in with the concrete Now that's the way it's done Get rid of that thing - hear what I say Get rid of that thing - throw it away Get rid of that thing - hear what I say Get rid of that thing - throw it away