The Sound of a Gun
Chris De Burgh

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 paralysed,
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, 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...
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;


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  A Celebration   A New Star In Heaven Tonight   A Night on the River   A Rainy Night in Paris   A Rainy Night in Paris [Multimedia Track]   A Spaceman Came Travelling   A Spaceman Came Travelling [DVD][Live]   A Spaceman Came Travelling [Live][*]   A Woman's Heart   A Woman's Heart   Africa   All The Love I Have Inside   Already There   Always On My Mind   Always on My Mind [5.1 DTS   Another Rainbow   Bal Masqué   Bal Masqué   Bal Masque   Blonde Hair, Blue Jeans   Blue Bayou   Borderline   Borderline [Multimedia Track]   Brazil   Broken Wings   Broken Wings [Live]   Brother John   By My Side   Carry Me   Carry Me (Like A Fire In Your Heart)   Carry Me (Like a Fire in Your Heart) [5.1 Dolb [...   Carry Me(Like A Fire In Your Heart)   Carry On   Carry On (reprise)   Catch The Wind   Corinna, Corinna   Crusader   Crying and Laughing   Crying In The Rain   Day After Day   Diamond In The Dark   Discovery   Discovery [DVD]   Do What You Do   Don't Look Back   Don't Pay The Ferryman   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Moonlight and Vodka   Moonshadow   Much More Than This   My Father's Eyes   My Father's Eyes   My Lover Is   Natasha Dance   Natasha Dance [Multimedia Track]   New Moon   Nothing Ever Happens Round Here   Oh My Brave Hearts   Old Friend   Old-Fashioned People   On a Christmas Night   Once Upon A Time   One Life, One Love   One More Mile To Go   One Word (Straight to the Heart)   One World   Patricia The Stripper   People Of The World   Perfect Day   Polly Von   Quand Je Pense A Toi   Quand Je Pense À Toi   Quiet Moments   Quiet Revolution   Raging Storm   Read My Name   Read My Name [Multimedia Track]   Rhythm of the Rain/Crying in the Rain [*]   Riding On A Rainbow   Rose Of England   Round and Around   Sailing Away   Sailing Away [Multimedia Track]   Sailor   Saint Peter's Gate   Saint Peter's Gate   Satin Green Shutters   Save Me   Say Goodbye To It All   Say Goodbye to It All [5.1 [DVD]   Separate Tables   Seven Bridges   Shadows and Lights   She Means Everything To Me   She Must Have Known   Shine On   Ship to Shore   Ship to Shore [DVD]   Sight and Touch   Sin City   Snow Is Falling   Snow Is Falling [Multimedia Track]   Snows of New York   So Beautiful   Some Things Never Change   Something Else Again   Songbird   Sos   Spanish Train   Spirit   Strangers On A Train   Suddenly Love   Summer Rain   Taking It To The Top   Talk To Me   Tender Hands   That's What Friends Are For   That's What Friends Are For   The Ballroom of Romance   The Best That Love Can Be   The Connemara Coast   The Days Of Our Age   The Devil's Eye   The Devil's Eye   The Ecstasy Of Flight   The Ecstasy of Flight (I Love the Night)   The Escape   The Getaway   The Girl With April in Her Eyes   The Grace Of A Dancer   The Head and The Heart   The Head and the Heart [5.1 DT [5.1 DTS]   The Journey   The Journey   The Journey [Multimedia Track]   The Key   The Lady In Red   The Lady in Red [DVD]   The Lady in Red [From Working Girl]   The Lady in Red [Live][*]   The Lady in Red [Multimedia Track]   The Last Moments of The Dawn   The Last Time I Cried   The Leader   The Light On The Bay   The Long and Winding Road   The Mirror Of The Soul   The Missing You   The Moonfleet Finale   The Nightingale   The Painter   The Record Company Bash   The Revolution   The Risen Lord   The Rivers of Abraham   The Road To Freedom   The Road to Freedom [Multimedia Track]   The Same Sun   The Same Sun [Multimedia Track]   The Secret Of The Locket   The Shadow Of The Mountain   The Simple Truth   The Simple Truth (a child is born)   The Snows Of New York   The Snows of New York [5.1 DTS   The Snows of New York (co-written with Albert Hamm...   The Snows of New York [Multimedia Track]   The Son and The Father   The Sotoryman   The Spirit of Man   The Spirit of Man [*]   The Storm   The Sweetest Kiss Of All   The Tower   The Traveller   The Village Of Moonfleet...   The Vision   The Words "I Love You"   The Words I Love You   There's a New Star Up In Heaven Tonight   There's Room In This Heart Tonight   There's A New Star Up In Heaven Tonight   There's Room In This Heart Tonight   This Is Love   This Silent World   This Song For You   This Waiting Heart   This Weight On Me   Time In A Bottle   Timing Is Everything   Tonight   Tourist Attraction   Tower   Transmission Ends   Treasure and Betrayal   Turn, Turn, Turn   Turning   Turning Round   Two Sides To Every Story   Up Here In Heaven   Waiting For The Hurricane   Wall Of Silence   Watching the World   What About Me?   What You Mean To Me   When I See You Tonight   When I Think Of You   When Winter Comes   When Winter Comes [Multimedia Track]   Where Peaceful Waters Flow   Where We Will Be Going   While You See A Chance   Why Mona Lisa Smiled   Windy Night   With Heavy Heart...   Without You   You and Me   You Are The Reason   You Look Beautiful

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