the
yards off and dug a hole
Rounded up the sheep
Picked the ones that had to go,
it'd make a fella weep
Food for dogs and
a few loose coins
It was a simple plan to work this land,
fighting man can't understand
And blown away and overcome
by the silver bullet and loaded
gun
We fed the lambs by hand,
and the boys had run the shed
We'd given all we had,
now half the flock is dead
Years of hope in a shallow grave
It was a simple plan to work this land
A fighting man can't understand
They're blown away and overcome
By the silver bullet and a loaded
gun
There's a mound of dirt
by the northern fence
The ground is turned in bare
A man can't dwell on
what's been done
And what lies buried there
The work goes on and seasons turn
It was a simple plan to work this land
A fighting man can't understand
They're blown away and overcome
By the silver bullet and the load
It's a simple plan to work this land
A fighting man can't understand
Was a silver bullet and
a loaded gun
It was a silver bullet an
d a loaded gun
Yeah, silver bullet, yeah, loaded gun
It was a silver bullet
an d a loaded gun