Don't Ask Me To Runaway - Live by Crox

Audio from the FB video (can be seen on YT)

Don't ask me to run away, I just want to hide
by Dave Croxford, 1980/1990, re-work June 2020
Key Gm (capo 3rd fret)

Don't ask me to run away, I just want to hide

Well the air is sharp and the wind is strong
But I cant seem to breathe
There's a thousand soldiers in my home
‘I want you to leave’
Crossfire bullets and a flame of fire
Exploding fragments collide,
Don't ask me to run away I just want to hide

The light is dark the Dark is Light
And my vision is Grey
‘The love of God can help you through’,
But has he gone away?
Death tolls rise and rotting faith
has seen heaven and earth subside
Don't ask me to run away, I just want to hide

in 67, All you needed was love
and flowers were in your hair
But draining the swamp turned love to hate
and there's pollution everywhere
Micro plastics from bottles and bags
Will the animal species survive?
Don't ask me to run away, I just want to hide

Forests burn and rain storms flood
As temperatures rise
A child can often see the light
through innocent eyes
Record stats all over the globe
Dismissed with foolish pride
Don't ask me to run away, I just want to hide

What is true and what is fake
and what is right and wrong
It takes so long to check the facts
why should we prolong
Divisive politics is the norm
The best adverts will decide
Don't ask me to run away I just want to hide

I love to play a game of cards
But the joker's gone wild
“I've been here for over a million years”
And he's inside every child
Crossfire bullets and a flame of fire
“I am the only soul to have died”
Don't ask me to run away I just want to hide