I have seen the diamond stylus

Cut a groove from north to south

Heard them calling

From the islands for a better day One by one they tell their story

One by one it's just the same

They've taken our leaders

And all their believers are paralyzed And now we can't turn back somebody is watching you

Don't turn 'round yesterday's gone

And even the children are waking at midnight in tears

Didn't anyone hear? Mother, mother, mother Hush child go to sleep

It's only the sound of a gun

Hush child go to sleep

It's only the sound of a gun Looking out my bedroom window

I remember early days

When the shot that wounded millions

Took our breath away But now the shadow of a gunman

With his balaclava eyes is making the news

Calling out the warnings on the telephone You're in the line of fire wish there was another way

Line of fire anything goes

And who is the winner and what will the minister say

At the end of the day? Never, never, never Hush child go to sleep

It's only the sound of a gun

Hush child go to sleep

It's only the sound of a gun This is bella soma, this is bella soma

This is bella soma, this is bella soma

This is bella soma, this is bella soma

Mother, mother, mother Hush child go to sleep

It's only the sound of a gun

Hush child go to sleep

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

It's only the sound of a gun

Hush child do not weep

It's only the sound of a world on the run

You're hearing the sound of a gun