Name: I Thought They Were Wolves
Duration: P00H03M34S
Description: “Everything goes horribly wrong…”

I Thought They Were Wolves

from Chronicles by Sam Gleason

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“Everything goes horribly wrong…”

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Dragging weight up a muddy hill
As the drizzle turns to a downfall
What are you gonna do when they come searching for you
And your wife and daughter's gone?
You scared them away in a drunken rage
'Cause the wolves were eating your sheep
And so you grab your gun, you are the only one
Who can protect your family's keep.

CHORUS:
Weep over your handiwork
Guilt and death begin to lurk
You quickly try to justify,
'I thought they were wolves!'
You yell into the sky.

Ran into the woods 'cause you heard a stick break
Those wolves would get it now
You aim and you fire, the situation was dire
When you saw you shot your spouse
And your daughter saw and began to shout
So you panicked and you shot her too
And then the rain, it fell as you slipped into this hell
What are you gonna do?

CHORUS

You start to dig a shallow grave
You've been to jail before and that is not your place
You loved them both with all of your heart
They'd want you to get a new start
They'd want you to get a new start
They'd want you to get a new start.

CHORUS

He put the gun up to his head
'Goodbye, cruel world, I'd rather be dead!'

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from Chronicles, released May 20, 2017
Written, performed, produced, mixed, and mastered by Sam Gleason
Co-produced by Jon Pascone
Nick Cavin on drums
Alan Sweet on bass
Maddie Rees on banjo
Jahna Stanton on fiddle

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Sam Gleason Albany, New York

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