Sound of a Gun

Naked and unarmed
The open mouth of the city

'Til I'm weary

I could run free as a child, I was safe and wild

On this place when I was young
Buried in the sand
Between the wrong and the right
Running from the sound of a gun
And my city playground is a battleground
That I still walk down
Running from the sound of a gun
Running from the sound of a gun
Running from the sound of a gun

But some will never stop
It's getting closer every night
This is for the innocent unknowns
Running from the sound of a gun
'Til I'm weary
With that same old concrete
Running from the sound of a gun

And it seems they put a shine
Running from the sound of a gun
And baby, I just don't see it now
With my children in my home
Between the moon and the ground I play
From the crack in the blackness I wake
Running from the sound of a gun
Running from the sound of a gun
Running from the sound of a gun
'Til you're weary
Now I'm grown and safe in my home
Running from the sound of a gun

Running from the sound of a gun
Swallowed up the town
This is for the daughters and sons
Of forgotten ones, learning how to stand
I'm running from the sound of a gun
Running from the sound of a gun
I'm running from the sound of a gun