My Songs & Stories

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After All Is Said And Done, I Won't Buy Me A Gun

After All Is Said And Done, I Won't Buy Me A Gun

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Kurt Ackermann
Jun 19, 2025
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Writing songs ain’t easy, it seems

I wrote this song after a sad time in my life. I was reflecting about all the things that went wrong and how I handled it. It reminded me of how writing songs is a valuable part of me being a working musician. Even though my days are crowded with other things. I’m not complaining but telling myself to make room in my own agenda, where I ought to keep certain mornings open for my creative flow and be ready throughout the day when ideas flow to write them down.

Working on them afterwards is the next chapter but the initial idea needs a place in my daily activities. I few weeks ago I wrote a new song called - Little Bird In My Hand - which I already performed on my daily livestream that I started in May on my YouTube channel.

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