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Marina Takes Her Aim
(Kevin Gordon/Gwil Owen)

There was a girl

From my high school

Shot dead on the highway late one night
I used to drive

Down that same highway

Just to hold my Marina tight

Marina's daddy
Bought her a pistol

A shining silver .22
We took some cans and a box of bullets
Out to the pond 
to teach her to shoot

Marina takes her aim

so slow and careful
Marina seventeen
Squinting down the barrel
What does she see
What does she see

There was a boy
Down by the river
Went for a walk
 and never came home
I used to walk
there with Marina

Holding her hand

Across the slippery stones

Marina takes her aim

so slow and careful
Marina seventeen
Squinting down the barrel
What does she see
What does she see

Marina's daddy
Bought her a pistol

A shining silver .22
We took some cans and a box of bullets
Out to the pond 
to teach her to shoot

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from Down to the Well: Solo Demos Unearthed, released August 6, 2020

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Kevin Gordon Nashville, Tennessee

Kevin Gordon is a Louisiana native whose latest releases, Tilt & Shine, Long Gone Time, & 2012's Gloryland, earned raves from the NY Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, and others. His songs have been recorded by Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Hard Working Americans, Irma Thomas, & others. "Down to the Well", a duet w/Lucinda Williams, was featured on the Oxford American Southern Music Sampler. ... more

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