That Man I Shot
Album(s): Brighter Than Creation's Dark,Sung by: Patterson Hood
Written by: Patterson Hood
That man I shot, he was trying to kill me.
He was trying to kill me.
He was trying to kill me.
That man I shot, I didn't know him.
Was doing my job, maybe so was he.
That man I shot, I was in his homeland;
I was there to help him, he didn't want me there.
I did not hate him, I still don't hate him.
He was trying to kill me and I had to take him down.
That man I shot, I still can see him.
When I should be sleeping, tossing and turning.
He's looking at me, eyes looking through me.
Break out in cold sweats when I see him standing there.
That man I shot, shot not in anger.
There's no denying it was in self-defense.
But when I close my eyes, I still can see him.
I feel his last breath in the calm dead of night.
That man I shot, he was trying to kill me.
He was trying to kill me.
He was trying to kill me.
Sometimes I wonder if I should be there.
I hold my little ones until he disappears.
I hold my little ones until he disappears.
I hold my little ones until we disappear.
And I'm not crazy, or at least I never was;
but there's this big thing I can't get rid of.
That man I shot, did he have little ones?
That he was so proud of, that he won't see grow up?
Was walking down his street, maybe I was in his yard.
Was trying to do good, I just don't understand.
I just don't understand.
I just don't understand.