The Everlasting Gun

So here you go, you're on your own
A flower blooms so freely
For fortune must get fife and drum
Your waking days won't leave you
'Cause young man now you'll nurse the gun
You're nervous in the morning
'Neath shattered skies your body lies
On the dark side of reason
The blood is lusting in your heart
Your flesh red-hot and lonely
And vengeance gulps the bitter cup
That once held wine so sweetly
But young man legends still unfold
For regiment, for glory
You search for gold like you've been told
And the light of day won't leave you
But run, you'll never turn and run
The everlasting gun
Your day will surely come
You'll never run
The fickle cane should click a heel
Where a bleak moon leans so weary
Forgotten names of faceless graves
Your father's home awaits you
Oh, warrior is not the fool
The refugee of freedom
But the outlawed man who holds no gun
On the dark side of reason
But run, you'll never turn and run
The everlasting gun
Your day will surely come
You'll never run
But run, you'll never turn and run
The everlasting gun
Your day will surely come
You'll never run