Shotgun
Graeme Edge Lyrics

Far off in a distant land
The story is set in a faraway place

A man lying dead in the sand
The singer discovers a dead body on the desert

Lying by his side was a song
There was a song written next to the corpse

Written down on a parchment fair
The song was on a piece of ancient paper

Overgrown with ageing hair
The parchment was old and had a lot of hair-like strands covering it

You could see this man died alone
The man had no one with him when he died

From riding shotgun on the 4.42
The deceased gentleman wanted to ride shotgun on a train

Riding shotgun was his dream
The dead man wanted to fulfill his wish of riding shotgun

But he's fallen dead it seems
Unfortunately, he died before his dream came true

When the sun it got too hot
The artist is talking about traveling in the desert and how hot it became

I was glad of what I'd got
The singer was grateful for what he had, which was food he found

Living on the food that I found
He was surviving on whatever he found lying around

Twenty minutes left to go
The singer knows he doesn't have much time left

Another town's in sight you know
He sees another town in the distance

Think I'll rest my boots while I can
The singer wants to rest his feet

Here comes lucy springer
Lucy Springer is introduced as a character

You know that she's a ringer
Lucy is experienced in what she does, and dangerous as well

She'll take you for a ride for awhile
Lucy takes her clients on a journey, both literally or metaphorically

You know that she looks fancy
Lucy looks elegant and refined

Much more slick than nancy
She is slicker or more elegant than a woman named Nancy

You know you'll have to pay for a smile
This implies Lucy is a prostitute who charges for her services

I know that I ain't been mean
The artist believes he has been good and fair to others

And I always kept my sixguns clean
He had kept his guns well-maintained.

And I feel I'm at the end of my road
The artist feels that he has reached the end of his journey or life

I'll make way for someone new
He acknowledges the possibility of someone else taking his place

Do you think it could be you
The singer rhetorically asks if the listener could be the one to replace him

As I lie face down dead in the road
The man knows he may die and end up lying face down in the middle of the road