Tom Waits Just the Right Bullets Lyrics

There is a light in the forest
There's a face in the tree
I'll pull you out of the chorus
And the first one's always free

You can never go a hunting
With just a flintlock and a hound
You won't go home with a bunting
If you blow a hundred rounds

It takes much more than wild courage
Or you'll hit the tattered clouds
You must have just the right bullets
And the first one's always free

You must be careful in the forest
Broken glass and rusty nails
If you're to bring back something for us
I have bullets for sale

(Two, three, four)

Why be a fool when you can chase away
Your blind and your gloom
I have blessed each one of these bullets
And they shine just like a spoon

To have sixty silver wishes
Is a small price to pay
They'll be your private little fishes
And they'll never swim away

I just want you to be happy
That's my only little wish
I'll fix your wagon and your musket
And the spoon will have his dish

And I shudder at the thought of your
Poor empty hunter's pouch
So I'll keep the wind from your barrel
And bless the roof of your house

Black Rider Story Line

Once upon a time there was an old forester who lived with his wife and his daughter. And when it came time for his daughter to marry he chose for her a hunter, for he was getting old and wanted to maintain his legacy. But his daughter was in love with another and sadly he was not a huntsman, he was a clerk and the father would not approve of this union. But the daughter wasdetermined to marry the man she loved so she said to him, "if you can prove your marksmanship as a hunter, my father will allow us to marry".

And so the clerk went out to the forest and he took his rifle and he missed everything he aimed at and only brought back a vulture.

The father disapproved and it seemed hopeless, but the clerk was determined to triumph. So the next time he went to the forest the devil appeared to him and offered him a handful of magic bullets, and with these bullets he could hit all the game he aimed at even with his eyes closed. But the devil warned him that "some of these bullets are for thee and some are for me". And as the wedding day approached, the clerk began to get nervous as there was a shooting contest and he was afraid he needed more magic bullets. Although warned that "the devil's bargain is a fool's bargain". He went to the crossroads and the devil appeared as before and gave him one more magic bullet. On the day of their wedding, the clerk took aim at a wooden dove, and with the devil looking on, the bullet circled the crowd of guests and hit its mark not the wooden dove. But the bride, his only love and the clerk ended up in an insane asylum stark raving mad and joined all the other lunatics in the devil's carnival.