[Verse 1]
I'm on my way in a foreign land
The crime rate's up to 25 percent
Dissident people everywhere
And I can't find no comfort here

[Pre-Chorus]
All alone—no one's there to help me
No control—there's no one I can trust

[Chorus]
'Cause they were running in the dust—running
'Cause they were running in the dust—running

[Verse 2]
I'm walking through the streets with a stranger's look
Their eyes staring at me as the darkness cooks
They ask me for a dollar, a gun behind their back
Their faces switch from friendly to attack

[Pre-Chorus]
All alone—no one's there to help me
No control—there's no one I can trust

[Chorus]
'Cause they were running in the dust—running
'Cause they were running in the dust—running
[Solo]

[Bridge]
I miss my country, my friends, my family
I will struggle to go home
I'm settled for peace now, step out of insanity
But my dream has ended in a blast

[Verse 3]
Standing here alone in this bloodstained land
As I realized danger's close at hand
A gunshot kills the sound of silence
An angel's life has ended up by violence

[Chorus]
'Cause they were running in the dust—running
'Cause they were running in the dust—running
'Cause they were running in the dust
Running in the dust

[Outro]
The dust