There's a bullet in mid-air, I felt it run by my head And as it pa**ed I heard it call out a name And I turned to see if my time had come to fall around dead In the line of fire, blood 'n' rain falls on all men alike All fall on desperate days Listen to the sound of life over d**h, ringing in my ear An invasion of the brain, an intrusion of the heart The hand that reaches out for he who cries for help In the line of fire, blood 'n' rain falls on all men alike All fall on desperate days There's no hiding, no saying when destiny will point and strike her hand We all fall short on desperate days In the line of fire, blood 'n' rain falls on all men alike All fall on desperate days In the line of fire, blood 'n' rain falls on all men alike Lightning strikes in a split second Earth shakes and feet tremble Now is the time In the waking hour He will come like a thief in the night We all live in desperate times Blood and rain