Sound Of A Gun

[Verse 1] In the here and now I wait Down among the young and the old Between the moon and the ground I play With my children in my home This is for the daughters and sons Of forgotten ones, learning how to stand This is for the innocent unknowns Buried in the sand [Chorus] I'm running from the sound of a gun Running from the sound of a gun Until I'm weary Running from the sound of a gun [x2] [Verse 2] From the crack in the blackness I wake It's getting closer every night And my city playground is a battleground Between the wrong and the right I could run free as a child, I was safe and wild Naked and unarmed Now I'm grown and safe in my home But some will never stop [Chorus] [Verse 3] The open mouth of the city Swallowed up the town With that same old concrete That I still walk down And it seems they put a shine On this place when I was young And baby, I just don't see it now [Chorus][x2]