Stand down, yeah 

Stand down, yeah... 



Friends and lovers beware, cause there's something in the air

I feel it coming, I feel it coming

And I'm talking to you all, cause when that hammer starts to fall

There'll be no running, there'll be no running 



But my people and your people must do the things they do, yeah

And my people are such sweet people, don't worry baby, won't get those hooks on 

you 



Stand down, don't let them know your secret

Stand down, if you wanna live your life

Stand down, don't let them know your secret

Stand down, if you wanna live your life 

Stand down, oh yeah

Stand down, yeah 



It is written in the sky, there's no place for you and I

To keep on strumming, no strumming

In the message that we send, they're gonna tell us in the end

That we had it coming, we had it coming 



But my people and your people must do the things they do, yeah And my people 

are such sweet people, don't worry baby, won't get those hooks on you 



Stand down, don't let 'em know your secret

Stand down, if you wanna live your life

Stand down, don't let 'em know your secret

Stand down, if you want if you wanna live your life 

If all the things that we possess

The most important is tenderness

Too cold when that wind blows today

And bitterness is the easy way 



Stand down... 



But my people and your people must do the things they do, yeah

And my people are such sweet people, don't worry baby, won't get those hooks on 

you 



Stand down, don't let 'em know your secret

Stand down, if you wanna live your life

Stand down, don't let them know your secret

Stand down, if you wanna live your life 

Stand down