Oh, my mother was frightened
by a shotgun, they say.
That's why I'm such a
wonderful shot.
I'll be out in the cactus,
and I'll practice all day.
And I'll tell me what
have I got.
I'm quick on the trigger,
with targets not much bigger
than a pinpoint of number one
But my score with a feller
is lower than a seller,
oh you can't get a man with a gun
Put on with a pistol,
I sparkle like a crystal
Yes, I shine like the morning sun
But I lose all my luster
when with a bronco buster
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
With a gun, with a gun
No, you can't get a man with a gun
If I went to battle
with someone's herd of cattle,
you'd upstake when the job was done
But if I shot the herder,
they'd have a bloody murder
An d you can't get a hug
from a mother with a slug
Oh, you can't get a man with
a gun
I'm cool, brave and darin'
To see a lion glarin'
When I'm out with my ram
blin' top
But I look from a mister
Who'll raise a fever bluster
Oh, you can't get a man with a gun
To gals with umbrellas
Who are always helpin' fellas
In the rain or the blazin' sun
But a man never trifles
With girls who carry rifles
No, you can't get a man with a gun
With a gun, with a gun
No, you can't get a man with a gun
A torn dick or hairy
Will build a house for Carrie
When the preacher has
made them one
But he can't build your houses
with buckshot and his roses
And you can't shoot a male
in the tail like a quail
Oh, you can't get a male
with a gun
A man's love is mighty,
hell even by a nightie,
for a gal that he thinks is fine,
but they don't buy pyjamas
for pistol -packin' mothers.
For a man may be hot,
but he's not when he's shot
Oh, you can 't get a
man with a gun