The Opposite of a Gun

by Laura Woodswalker

A man walks in the lobby with his luggage on a rack

It's bigger than a coffin & twice as black.

The manager calls the cops and says “you better come...

this guy has a suitcase, and I think it's fulla guns!”

Well the police come and they block off the door

they grab the suspect and pull him on the floor.

The man says “come on folks, I don't mean to hurt no one...

what I got in here...is the opposite of a gun.”

Well the people all were trembling and scared as they could be

and the whole city's watching the story on TV.

So they open up the suitcase and what do ya think they found

a Moog synthesizer, full of awesome sounds!

It's got sliders and knobs, buttons and faders

a mad scientist dream of twirling oscillators...

with every color lights that flash so pretty

'its like bein' in a disco in New York City!

Well it sounded like science and psych-a-delik drugs,

And aliens dancing the robot jitter bug!

As grand as the history of the human race

Mysterious as a galaxy way out in space.

He says “some folks are crazy...they can't get chicks in bed 

so they buy a machine gun and shoot people dead.

But you better give a listen and clear out your head...

get yourself a music makin' gizmo instead!”

If you're going crazy it'll help you stay sane

And if you're bored it'll wake up your brain.

And if you're lonely, there's no need to fret,

cause the Moog synthesizer is better than sex.

If you got a problem it'll help you survive

if you're dying it'll keep you alive.

It'll make the dead rise before you're done

Cause music is the opposite...

...the opposite of a gun. 

Yeah, music is the absolute opposite of a gun.

For more of Laura's work, check out her historical science fiction novel, TESLA'S SIGNAL, and her website.