When it finally hits 'em When they finally see When it finally hits 'em Almost feels like relieve ♪ When it finally hits 'em When they finally see When it finally hits 'em Almost feels like relieve Run for your life Run, don't look back ♪ Our homes are tinderboxes And we are made of pitch Shoulders brush these paper walls Restless burrowed in Run for your life Run, don't look back ♪ I never wanted to be A man without a country Run for your life Run, don't look back When it finally hits 'em When they finally see We've been stripped for parts We were never free When, when, when, when When, when, when, when