Call me a deserter, it's true I walked away travelling by starlight, hiding out by day dogs and demarcations kept me on the run I got a little blinded, staring at the sun Walking round in circles, holding up the sky falling among thieves, laughing till I cry voices red with anger burning in my ears this is bedlam calling, roaring down the years No safe house in Birmingham, I found no peace in Skye the green fields of Derry just another lie wrap the barbed wire round me, say I don't belong kick me till I couldn't move then tell me to move on BUT WHEN THESE WALLS FALL DOWN AND WHEN THIS WORLD TURNS ROUND BETWEEN YOUR HEARTBEATS YOUR HAMMER HEARTBREAKS YOU'LL HEAR WHAT THE DESERTER SAYS: AND WHEN THESE WALLS FALL DOWN AND WHEN THIS WORLD TURNS ROUND EVERYBODY IS IN THE MIDDLE NOBODY ON THE EDGE Spider spins his heart out, fox goes home alone wisdom lies in wait for me, a snake beneath a stone shelter is in silence or any stony place I will not share your pity, your laws or your disgrace.
