Run, run, run   Keep on beatin' them down   What could make you so mad   To beat your own children black and blue   Your time will come      The beat downs turn to you   You call yourself a man   Your children black and blue once again   Black and blue once again   Black and blue      Run, run, run   Why don't you walk away?   Abusive husbands   A childhood lost   Betrayed      Run, run, run   The old man's drunk again   From the hand that feeds has turned into a fist   The nightmares are our memories   The broken homes and nose that bleed      Afraid to stay   Nowhere to turn   Domestic violence tragedies      Run, run, run   Why don't you walk away?   Abusive husbands   A childhood lost   Betrayed      Run, run, run   Why don't you walk away?   You need to make a choice   'Cause things will never change      I ask a mother   Why don't you walk away?   Abusive husbands   Childhood lost   Betrayed      Ask my mothers   Why don't you walk away?   Abusive husbands   Childhood lost   Betrayed      The nightmares are our memories   The broken homes and nose that bleed   Afraid to stay   Nowhere to turn   Domestic violence tragedies      Run, run, run   Keep on beatin' them down   What could make you so mad   To beat your own children?