Ballad of Bloody Run

Echoes like the sound of a gunshot
Cross the Richmond city night
And all the punks, too drunk to stand
Stand upright

She's still walking the streets until daylight comes
She says "I'm the last one to grow up numb
My footprints leave these
Little prints of light"

I'm the last one
Let me be the last one to grow up numb
I'm the last one
Let me be the last one to grow up numb

On the rotting docks
Near the auction blocks of which we don't speak
And the lights on floods rebuilding
Covers up this old creek

While our grandmothers walked past every numbered street
A twelve hour day just for something to eat
This long walk home
Is not taught in our history

I'm the last one
Let me be the last one to grow up numb
I'm the last one
Let me be the last one to grow up numb

Here's to the sweet smell of all the banks burning
All the food is freed, all the teachers are learning

Fuck the laws, fuck their greed
The ratchet's thrown and we won't bleed
Our true wealth lies in the song of the land
Communities freed from this prison of God and man

Let me be the last one to grow up numb
I'm the last one
Let me be the last one to grow up numb

Echoes like the sound of a gunshot
Cross the Richmond city night
And all the punks, too drunk to stand
Stand upright

Are you addicted to the sight of spaces in between?
When the night birds cry, do you know what it means?
It's the forgotten ones who ask us never to give up

I'm the last one
Let me be the last one to grow up numb
I'm the last one
Let me be the last one to grow up numb

I'm the last one
Let me be the last one to grow up numb
I'm the last one
Let me be the last one to grow up numb