Stand down, yeah Stand down, yeah... Friends and lovers beware, cause there's something in the air I feel it coming, I feel it coming And I'm talking to you all, cause when that hammer starts to fall There'll be no running, there'll be no running But my people and your people must do the things they do, yeah And my people are such sweet people, don't worry baby, won't get those hooks on you Stand down, don't let them know your secret Stand down, if you wanna live your life Stand down, don't let them know your secret Stand down, if you wanna live your life Stand down, oh yeah Stand down, yeah It is written in the sky, there's no place for you and I To keep on strumming, no strumming In the message that we send, they're gonna tell us in the end That we had it coming, we had it coming But my people and your people must do the things they do, yeah And my people are such sweet people, don't worry baby, won't get those hooks on you Stand down, don't let 'em know your secret Stand down, if you wanna live your life Stand down, don't let 'em know your secret Stand down, if you want if you wanna live your life If all the things that we possess The most important is tenderness Too cold when that wind blows today And bitterness is the easy way Stand down... But my people and your people must do the things they do, yeah And my people are such sweet people, don't worry baby, won't get those hooks on you Stand down, don't let 'em know your secret Stand down, if you wanna live your life Stand down, don't let them know your secret Stand down, if you wanna live your life Stand down