“Shelter me from the powder
And the finger
Cover me with the thought
That pulled the trigger
Think of me
As one you'd never figured
Would fade away so young
With so much left undone.”

—  Neil Young

Powderfinger
Song lyrics, Rust Never Sleeps (1978)

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