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 stories   One by one it's just the same   They've taken our leaders   And all our believers are paralized   Now we can't turn back...   Somebody is watching you   Don't turn round   Yesterday is gone!   And even the children are waking at midnight in tears....   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      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