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Young Gun

by Caden MacDonald

on My Footy Dreams Never Come True (2020)

[Verse 1]
All the netball chicks come to see me get a kick
Composure in the backline leaves 'em breathless like an asthmatic
(Breathless)
They see me take a bounce (Bounce), they see me on the run (Run)
They say, "What a gun, what a gun"; "Mum, look at this gun"
(That guy is a jet)
Doesn't matter that I'm in the twos in Division Four
(Gonna get drafted)
Doesn't matter that a Falcons letter somehow missed my door (Gonna play AFL)
Doesn't matter that my Sporting
Pulse must've been hacked
Never uploaded the game when I got best-on from the back

[Chorus]
When I was young, telling everyone that I am a gun
It's really fun when the game's done and your team won
And you thought in a minute that you'd be on the 'G
Couldn't face the facts it was just a fantasy
I thought that I had a chance
Even when the ones coach wouldn't glance
Thought in a minute that you would make the league
Couldn't face the facts there was no ability

[Verse 2]
"Chuck me anywhere, coach" (Hey), "Even the ruck" (Hey)
The winger standing on the outside watching like a cuck
I got that tuck like I'm Matty Lloyd
"Fuck" – BT, Tommy Boyd
I'm a truck forwards should avoid
Backline, midfield, I'll destroy
Man in the parked car, guess who's getting scouted?
Average six kicks, but I'm still highly touted
And it's undoubted, yeah, that I'm a straight shooter
My second cousin's an AFL recruiter

[Chorus]
When I was young, telling everyone that I am a gun
It's really fun when the game's done and your team won
And you thought in a minute that you'd be on the 'G
Couldn't face the facts it was just a fantasy
I thought that I had a chance
Even when the ones coach wouldn't glance
Thought in a minute that you would make the league
Couldn't face the facts there was no ability