Best Songs Featuring the Word Bullet in the Title

First went Trigger, and then went Buttermilk. According to an item in the July 16 edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer, the stuffed horse of Roy Rogers sold for over $200,000, while his wife's mount went for $25,000.

At an auction on Thursday, July 15,2010, the stuffed dog of Rogers sold for $35,000. To honor the famous cowboy's canine, Bullet, I offer this list of my ten favorite songs with bullet in the title. Unfortunately, the bullet song with the best title, Tom Waits' Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun, did not make the cut.

10. Silver Bullet by Hawthorne Heights: The message is sort of morbid in this love song from the indie band. The chorus says, "I got a single silver bullet I shot right through my heart, To prove I can survive without you."

9. Eighteen with a Bullet by Pete Wingfield: The solo artist became a one-hit wonder when this single from Breakfast Special hit the pop charts in 1975, reaching as high as (you guessed it) number eighteen.

8.Bullet and a Target by Citizen Cope: The soulful alternative rocker Clarence Greenwood criticizes America's aggressive foreign policy, claiming that "What you've done here is put yourself between a bullet and a target."

7. Gimme Back My Bullets by Lynyrd Skynyrd: This title track from the southern rock band's Nuthin' Fancy seems to be rebut the anti-gun message of Saturday Night Special.

6. Before the Bullets Fly by Gregg Allman Band: This southern rock classic could be part of a soundtrack for any old western film, telling the story of a gambling gunman bedding married women and leaving just before the bullets fly.

5. Bullet the Blue Sky by U2: This track has the new wave energy that is evident on early hits like New Year's Day. The lyrics describe the poverty, violence and hopelessness that ravage cities in America.

4. Bullets by Bob Schneider: My favorite Schneider album, Lonelyland, is loaded with nuggets like this one, which says "You bring the bullets I'll bring the bats, I can tell you where it is but I can't tell you where it's at." This one is backed by upbeat music with a touch of reggae, but the album dabs in every genre from bluegrass to pop to jazz.

3. Pink Bullets by The Shins: James Mercer's poetry is almost magical on Chutes Too Narrow, from which we get this serious track. In the bridge, Mercer muses that "Over the ramparts you tossed the scent of your skin and some foreign flowers tied to a brick."

2. Rubber Bullets by 10cc: The chorus from this tuneful pop track encourages us to "Load up, load up, load up with rubber bullets." It's from the band's happier times before Crème and Godley left and top ten singles arrived.

1. I Feel Like a Bullet (in the Gun of Robert Ford) by Elton John: This beautiful piano ballad that opens Rock of the Westies is an apology filled with rich imagery and similes. The subject in the subtitle is the man who shot and killed his friend Jesse James.