The Sound Of A Gun

	  		


 
 

Intro: 
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I have seen the diamond stylus, 
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Cut a groove from north to south, 
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Heard them calling from the islands for a better day, 
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One by one they tell their story, 
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One by one it's just the same, 
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"They've taken our leaders, 
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And all their believers are paralysed, 
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And now we can't turn back, somebody is watching you! 
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Don't turn round, yesterday's gone! 
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And even the children are waking at midnight in tears, 
Didn't anyone hear? Mother, mother, mother..." 

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Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun, 
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Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun, 
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Ooooh, aaah, ooooh,  aaah, 

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Looking out my bedroom window, 
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I remember early days, 
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When the shot that wounded millions took our breath away, 
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But now the shadow of a gunman, 
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With his balaclava eyes, is making the news, 
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Calling out the warnings on the telephone, 
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"You're in the line of fire, wish there was another way! 
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Line of fire, anything goes," 
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And who is the winner, and what will the minister say, 
At the end of the day? Never, never, never, never! 

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Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun, 
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Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun, 

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This is bella soma, this is bella soma, 
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This is bella soma, this is bella soma, 
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This is bella soma, this is bella soma, 
Mother, mother, mother... 

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Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun, 
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Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun, 
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Hush child go to sleep, it's only the sound of a gun, 
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Hush child do not weep, it's only the sound of a world on the run, 
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You're hearing the sound of a gun.