Stiff Little Fingers - Walk Away lyrics

You feel the damp in the evening air You see them standing you feel them stare You hear their insults you can hear them shout You try to answer but no words come out Your face gets hotter as the anger rise You can see excitement in their eyes As they free their aggression in the usual way It's easier to fight Harder just to walk away The streets are empty as you're going home You got your collar turned up against the cold You're tired and hungry and and you're fit to drop The rain is pouring won't it ever stop You hear the voice from the alleyway Saying: "Come here boy don' I know your name?" And there's no use in running so you've gotta stay It's easier to fight Harder just to walk away (Chorus): Walk away Walk away Walk away It's easier to fight than walk away The corner boys on the march again Got a size 10 boot where they keep their brain Drinking cheap wine acting hard and loud You cross the road get lost in the crowd You feel your heartbeat as the taunts ring out No comprehension what it's all about The don't need reason for this anyway Easier just to fight Harder to walk away So you stand and lash out Though you know that it's wrong And it's hard to believe That's how we get along Here in every city Happens every day Easier just to fight Easier just to fight Easier just to fight Easier just to fight Then walk away No sense of logic in a flying fist No point in calculating what they've missed That's what we made them it's not their fault We just ignored them when they needed taught You hear a voice from inside your head Saying: "With that life you'd be better off dead" You know that they got no hope from day to day But it's hard to try to help Much easier to walk away