Don't take out your hate on me

Or try to cleanse my family

I'm just another refugee

I won't look back now



Smoke is rising from our house

You've cut us off and chased us out

There's nothing left to cry about

I won't look back now



How many lives will it take us to be sure

To recognise it's killing time



Don't make your mistakes on me

Your threats, your lies, your perjury

'Cos I wanna be what I wanna be

I won't look back now



Children trapped beneath the stars

In skeletons of broken cars

And noone even stops to ask

I won't look back now



How many lives will it take us to be sure

To recognise it's killing time