I'm a cool three pounds of cold blue steel I shoot even better than the way I feel made to fit right in your hand why I'll never understand I coulda been a hammer or a railroad spike I coulda been a train rollin' through the night but they gave my voice such a terrible sound that I wish they'd left me in the ground I'm a peacemaker don't know how I got my name I'm a peacemaker if I don't deserve the credit why do I deserve the blame When the lion lays down with the lamb then you won't find me in nobody's hand till that time I will remain till the sinners lay down with the saints I'm a peacemaker don't know how I got my name I'm a peacemaker if I don't deserve the credit why do I deserve the blame I'm a peacemaker don't know how I got my name I'm a peacemaker if I don't deserve the credit why do I deserve the blame I'm a cool three pounds of cold blue steel I shoot even better than the way I feel