Saddle Storms - What the Posters Didn't Say
What The Posters Didn't Say | Saddle Storms | Outlaw Dreams Album
The world saw the trick shots. Nobody wrote down the rest.
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The posters had her splitting cards in mid-air and crowds came from every corner of the world just to hear that rifle's sound. What The Posters Didn't Say is the Annie Oakley nobody talked about — the woman who never touched a drop, said her prayers same as anybody, taught women to shoot not for the show but so they'd feel safe at night, and won lawsuit after lawsuit to protect a name the papers tried to drag through the mud. The applause was for the rifle. The quiet was the truth. - Original by Saddle Storms.
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Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
The posters had her in mid-air
Splitting a card before it hit the ground
Crowds came from every corner of the world
Just to hear that rifle's sound
She never missed, or rarely did
The papers loved to tell it big
Made her bigger than life itself
A legend in a traveling rig
[Pre-Chorus]
But take away the lights
Take away the crowd
And the woman they were cheering for
Got real quiet, real proud
[Chorus]
What the posters didn't say
Was she never touched a drop in all those years
Didn't smoke, didn't curse
Said her prayers same as anybody here
She taught women how to shoot
Not for the show, but so they'd feel safe at night
Gave away more than she ever spent
And never once put that in the light
[Verse 2]
One day the papers told a story
Said she'd stolen, said she'd fallen far
Wasn't true, not one word of it
But it spread faster than the truth ever does
She didn't let it go
Didn't shrug it off as the cost of fame
Took on paper after paper
Won, again and again, to clear her name
[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause the show was a show
But her name was her own
And there's some things
A woman won't leave alone
[Chorus]
What the posters didn't say
Was she never touched a drop in all those years
Didn't smoke, didn't curse
Said her prayers same as anybody here
She taught women how to shoot
Not for the show, but so they'd feel safe at night
Gave away more than she ever spent
And never once put that in the light
[Bridge]
Somewhere there's a kid who got an education
And never knew quite who to thank
A name that wasn't signed
On the check, on the note, on the bank
She didn't need the credit
Didn't need another line in the news
The applause was for the rifle
The quiet was the truth
[Final Verse]
History remembers the trick shots
The traveling show, the crowds, the fame
But somewhere under all that noise
Was a woman who mostly stayed the same
No drinking, no scandal
No story the papers could make stick that was true
Just a steady aim
And a heart nobody quite knew
[Outro]
The world saw the rifle
The world saw the show
But underneath all of it
Was somebody most people never got to know
They called her
Annie Oakley
[End]
Written by Saddle Storms: https://SaddleStorms.com
About Saddle Storms: Wyoming-born outlaw country, western storytelling, rodeo soul, heartbreak ballads, and Code of the West honesty from six generations of ranch life.
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