1 Contributor Can You Hear Me Running Lyrics Can you hear me Can you hear me running Can you hear me Can you hear me running Look money is the root of all evil So why I love Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you? There's a gun and ammunition Just inside the doorway Use it only in emergency Better you should pray to God The Father and the Spirit Will guide you and protect from up here Can you hear me, can you hear me running? Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you? "The story is about the idea that this father of the family is ahead in time, so he can look back and see what's going to happen in England, and it's not good. He's trying to get a message back to his family to warn them that the impending disaster is coming. Hence the line, 'Can you hear me, can you hear me calling you?'" [Verse] Dm C Bb There's a gun and ammunition just inside the doorway Dm C Bb Use it only in emergency Dm C Bb Better you should pray to god the father and the spirit Dm C Bb Will guide you and "Silent Running" Take the children and yourself And hide out in the cellar By now the fighting will be close at hand Don't believe the church and state And everything they tell you Believe in me, I'm with the high command Can you hear me, can you hear me running? Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you? Take the children and yourselfAnd hide out in the cellarBy now the fighting will be close at handDon't believe the church and stateAnd everything they tell y Official video of "Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground)" by Mike + The Mechanics.One of the band's seminal singles 'Silent Running' was Included on their 198 Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you? Swear allegiance to the flag Whatever flag they offer Never hint at what you really feel Teach the children quietly For some day sons and daughters Will rise up and fight while we stood still Can you hear me, can you hear me running? Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you? Can ziFYkO.