Ballad Of Bloody Run Lyrics - Singles - Strike Anywhere

Echoes like the sound of a gunshot 

'cross the Richmond city night 

and are all the punks too drunk 

to stand upright 

She's still walking the streets 

until the daylight comes 

she says 'I'm the last one 

to grow up numb. 

My footsteps leave these 

little prints of light' 

'I'm the last one 

Let me be the last one 

to grow up numb' 

On the rotting docks 

near the auction blocks 

of which we don't speak 

and the lights on 

floods rebuilding 

covers up this old creek 

While our grandmothers walked 

past every numbered street 

a twelve hour day 

just for something to eat 

this long walk home is not 

taught in our history 

'I'm the last one 

Let me be the last one 

to grow up numb' 

Here's to the sweet smell 

of all the banks burning 

All the food is freed 

from the storehouse 

all the teachers are learning 

Fuck the laws 

For their greed 

the ratchet's thrown 

and we won't bleed 

our true wealth lies in the 

song of the land 

communities freed from 

this prison of god and men 

'Let me be the last one 

to grow up numb...' 

Echoes like the sound of a gunshot 

'cross the Richmond city night 

and are all the punks 

too drunk to stand upright? 

Are you addicted to the sight 

of spaces in-between 

when the night birds cry 

do you know what it means? 

It's the forgotten ones who ask us 

never to give up 

'I'm the last one 

Let me be the last one 

to grow up numb'