Toby Keith: Bullets in the Gun Meaning

Bullets in the Gun Lyrics

They used to call me “Lightening”
I was always quick to strike
Had everything I own
In the saddles on my bike
I had a reputation
For never stayin’ very long,
just like a wild and restless drifter,
like a cowboy in a song

I met a dark...

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   Nov 21st 2011 !⃝

   I like the song Bullets in the Gun. Basically it tells the story of a drifter who comes into a town in southern Arizona. While there, he meets a woman who has to dance for money in a bar, and they get together.
   
   She was sittin’ on my lap
   We still had shots to kill
   When a man pulled up who owned the bar
   In a Cadillac Deville
   Grabbed her by her raven hair
   And threw her in the floor
   Said “No free rides for the cowboys
   That ain’t what I pay you for, no”
   
   She jumped up and grabbed my pistol,
   Stuck it in the fat man’s back
   Said “Open up the safe
   and put your money in the sack”
   Tied his hands behind him
   and put a blindfold on his eyes
   “If you’re dumb enough to chase us, man,
   You’re dumb enough to die”
   
   Then a man (possibly the woman's boss) comes into the bar. Seeing her seated on the guy's lap, the man walks over, grabs her by her black hair and tells her that he doesn't allow "free rides for the cowboys". She replies by jumping up and grabbing the guy's pistol and threatening her boss at gunpoint to give them all the money in a sack, which he does.
   
   We rode across the border
   Down into Mexico
   When you’re runnin’ from the law,
   ain’t that where everybody goes?
   We came to a town
   with a name I couldn’t spell
   She gave me what I came for
   in that Mexican motel
   
   I woke up to sirens
   and the sound of runnin’ feet
   There were 50 Federales
   locked and loaded in the street
   She grabbed my 44
   I grabbed the money in the sack
   She kissed me for the last time
   and we headed out the back
   
   Every gun was on us
   and every heartbeat poundin’
   There’s only one thing left to do
   when they got you all surrounded
   She fired that old pistol,
   But we didn’t stand a prayer
   Money hit the gravel,
   Bullets filled the air...
   
   Basically, they head across the border to Mexico, and they get a motel room. There, the woman gives the man what every man wants (hence the line "She gave me what I came for in that Mexican motel).
   
   Then the next morning, the guy wakes up to sirens and "the sound of runnin' feet". There are all these policemen (possibly the Mexican police) with guns.
   
   The guy and his girlfriend try to defend themselves (done by the woman firing the man's .44 pistol), but they never stand a chance...
   
   Never see it comin’
   It just hits you by surprise
   It’s that cold place in your soul
   and that fire in her eyes
   That makes you come together
   Like wild horses when they run
   Now the cards are on my table
   And bullets in the gun
   
   The "it" in this song is possibly referring to a crush, lust or romance. The "cold place in your soul" refers to something mysterious in the soul. The "fire in her eyes" refers to how feisty the brunette was. The "bullets in the gun" means that the gun is loaded with bullets.
   
   The music video for this song is a play on the story about Bonnie and Clyde and gives a modernized account of a vagabond outlaw couple.
   
   Kudos to Toby for writing such an awesome and inspiring song! :)

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