There's a house in a town somewhere
Where little John is playing games
His mama is standing in the kitchen
Because her man is away somewhere
She looks up through the kitchen window
With anxiety on her lips
She puts her visions
Of God who's always at her side
And my mama said there's a shotgun
In every mans shell
Afraid to make connection
Afraid to take a stand
She recollects her images
Of a fear she swept away
She really doesn't understand
Why there's a starving man
She listens without understanding
To the preachers' words
My mama said to leave behind
What you really can't understand
And my mama said there's a shotgun
In every mans shell
Afraid to make connection
Afraid to take a stand
And my mama said there's a shotgun
In every mans shell
Afraid to make connection
Afraid to take a stand