Have Cool, Will Travel
Cryptic Writings
1997
Duration: 3:16
Track number: 9
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
The title is a play on the classic TV Western show, 'Have Gun – Will Travel,' but the lyrics are a grim social commentary on **gun violence, especially in schools**, and the cyclical nature of societal blame and denial. The line 'Mamas pack their lunches / Kiddies pack their guns' paints a shocking picture of danger in modern life.
Lyrics
Mamas pack their lunches, kiddies pack their guns
Wishing it will go away, but nothing's getting done
A shot heard 'round the world, when a mother's baby dies
We the people, point our fingers, blame and wonder why
Face it and fight or turn high tail and run
'Til it comes back again like the rising sun
Say they do all they can, it's just another lie
The answer's plain to see, nobody wants to try
There's no recess and no rules in the school of life
If you listen very closely you will see what it's like
**Have cool, will travel**
Tell myself it ain't true, they just cannot see
Grown up or sewn up, the medicine is worse than the disease
I **have cool, will travel**
Here we go
