all my life yeah just about every night i saw my father as a drunken stranger and i heard her cry just about every time she felt his anger and it broke her body six shots exploded through the action and i brought peace back into our home would his apologies be proven well i don t care and we ll never know so i walked away thinking his debt was paid but all i had was my mother the shotgun and the blues so i walked away thinking his debt was paid but all i had was my mother the shotgun and the blues but all i had was my mother the shotgun and the blues