In the here and now I wait

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

Running from the sound of a gun

And you're weary

Running from the sound of a gun

In the crack of the blackness I wake

It's getting closer every night

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

Running from the sound of a gun

Til' you're weary

Running from the sound of a gun

The open mouth of the city

Swallowed 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

But baby I just don't see it now

Running from the sound of a gun

Til' I'm weary

Running from the sound of a gun