[quote=squat300]i dont hear anything about eprsonal responsibility int he song, like he turned himself in or anything. it sounds like the gun was the cause of his misery the way i read the lyrics. the way his mama told him not to play with guns, but he went to Reno, a sort of risky town, and was i figure probably drinking and gambling,a dn the next thing you know, he killed a man, where if it had been other circumstances, might merely have been arelatively friendly fistfight.[/quote]Take a look at the wording. Does it say anything about blaming having a gun? or that his mama told him not to and he did it anyway? That he was warned, did it anyway just to see, and is paying the price. Also look at the quote from Cash on how the phrase came about. It was not the worse use of a gun, it was the worse reason for killing someone. It also mentioned nothing about drinking, gambling, etc. Quite a stretch there. Here is another line from the same song:
Well I know I had it coming, I know I can’t be free.
