Turn And Run

I may not be a white skinned

Yankee doodle of a man

But I deserve compassion and

respect for who I am

You swore to me protection

for my daughters and my son

But now the tides are turning

All you do is turn and run

Boys, I watch you turn and run

You preach consideration

While you laugh about my name

You revel in your freedom

I wish I could be the same

I pledged my life to Allah

Pledges better left unsung

Cause now the tides are turning

I can watch you turn and run

I watch you turn and run boys

I watch you turn and run

Did you think we’d let you blow us all

to kingdom come

I watch you turn and run boys

I watch you turn and run

The tides are surely turning

As I watch you turn and run

You’ll never know the trust it takes me

Walking in your shoes

And I don’t want to be one more

statistic in the news

It only takes a madman

with conviction and a gun

To know the tides are turning

As I watch you turn and run

I took your Yankee dollar

And I took you at your word

I put my life into your hands

And told you what I’d heard

I took you to that secret place

Where Saddam came undone

I took things to the limit

Then I watched you turn and run

I watch you turn and run boys

I watch you turn and run

Did you think you’d simply blow us all

to kingdom come

I watch you turn and run boys

I watch you turn and run

The tides are surely turning as I watch

you turn and run

I watch you turn and run boys

I watch you turn and run

My heart is full of sorrow

for a home I can’t defend

A future for my children’s something

I can’t comprehend

My homeland is in turmoil

as our struggle rages on

But the tides are swiftly turning

as I watch you turn and run

I watch you turn and run