Loaded Gun In The Closet Lyrics - Decoration Day - Drive By Truckers

I got a loaded gun in the closet 

And another one in the dresser drawer 

Just in case the one in the closet didn't make a big enough hole. 

She had his breakfast ready every morning 

And his lunch in a box sitting there by the kitchen door. 

She'd make sure he had everything he needed 

And hug his neck and tell him how much she loved him 

And it was beautiful. 

You should have seen it. 

Then she'd make herself a pot of coffee, 

Just the way she liked it 

And sit down and enjoy the quiet of the house all alone, 

But, by two-o-clock or so every afternoon 

The quiet would start getting to her and she'd watch 

The clock until he came back home. 

And she understood just what he needed 

When he came home every evening 

Was a couple of beers and a couple of minutes 

To cuss about his day. 

So she'd fix him a nice hot supper 

While he ranted and raved about one thing or the other. 

And she never once told him what he was going on about 

Didn't add up to a thing. 

And she never touched that gun in the closet. 

It was his and it was there just because he wanted it to be. 

She didn't get out much, so she never knew just what it was 

That made him so afraid.