the blood on these dirty roads
I hear a siren wailing like
a weary ghost
And I just can't get to sleep
I hear a kid screaming down the block
You can't open your own door after dark
When the price of life is cheap
And the sun never seems to shine
In this hell so grey and high
Just like a prison that
touches the sky
There's no way out of
the wilderness
Take a look around
In the shadow of a gun I live my life
An d the only way to go
around here is down
Goin' down, down, down
My kid brother's got a silver blade
I told him not to use it
But he's not afraid
It's the only way he knows
He turns around in his twilight zone
The kind of place where the
cops won't go alone
And only dirty wa ter flows
Every night you can hear me pray
Give me money, don't you get away
I think I'd rather die than stay
There's no way out of the wilderness
Take a look around
In the shadow of a gun, I live my life
An d the only way is go
from here and now
Can't face another day
Lord, I've got to get away
I'm living my life on a razor's edge
I'm walking blind on a ledge
Every night you can hear me pray
Give me money not to get away
I think I'd rather die than see
There's a way out of the wilderness
Take a look around
In the shadow of a girl I live my life
And the only way is down
Take a look around
In the shadow of a gun, I live my life
And the only way to go
from here is down
Going down, down, down
Go where you are
Oh, you're in the jungle, baby
That's right
Oh, that's right
Hey!