I heard a shot last night; it woke me up from my sleep.
There's no such thing as friendly fire.
Oh Mama, don't turn on the lights.
Oh Papa, get away from the window.
You never know which way the angel's comin' in.

CHORUS
And the water's gonna roll,
Yeah roll up the dirty streets,
And the wind's gonna (gonna blow out the lights)
Yeah and rock this world to sleep,
I don't wanna be left (don't wanna be left behind)
And get caught between the lines drawn across this town
Runnin' out of neutral ground.

Somebody's waitin' for my brother.
To them he's just another number.
To me he ain't never did no wrong.
My sister, don't be pulled in,
Don't make the same mistake again,
There's just no way to even up this score.

CHORUS
And the water's gonna roll (the water's gonna roll)
Yeah roll up the dirty streets,
And the wind's gonna blow (gonna blow out the lights)
Yeah and rock this world to sleep,
I don't wanna be left (don't wanna be left behind)
And get caught between the lines drawn across this town
Runnin' out of neutral ground.

BRIDGE:
I can't be no judge, I can't be no jury.
I don't even know what's right or wrong.
I stand between the walls,
These forces are bigger than life,
Seems like they'll never never never get enough.

CHORUS
And the water's gonna roll (and the water's gonna roll)
Yeah roll up the dirty streets,
And the wind's gonna blow (gonna blow out the lights)
Yeah and rock this world to sleep,
I don't wanna be left (don't wanna be left behind)
And get caught between the lines drawn across this town
Runnin' out of neutral ground.

Runnin (runnin) runnin (runnin) runnin outta neutral ground
runnin (runnin) runnin (runnin) runnin outta neutral ground
runnin (runnin) runnin (runnin) runnin outta neutral ground
(Repeat 6 or 7 times)