This is a song I wrote for me, a song to inspire me not to give up, no matter how bad things are. It is also a song I loved playing with my band, The Stinking Badgers of Java, and it always went down well.

Verse 1
You spend your life on the defensive,
not taking chances, just getting by.
A war goes on, you can’t escape it,
there’s no more places for you to hide

Chorus
You can’t run away, this is the time.
This is the time to decide.
Just running away, it never made things right
and this is the time to decide.

Verse 2
Look around, there’s no more fences.
No more fences to sit upon.
We all have our doubts, we’re all taking chances.
Looking for answers and finding none.

Chorus
You can’t run away, this is the time.
This is the time to decide.
Just running away, it never made things right
and this is the time to decide.

Mid
Telling yourself that this ain’t right,
ain’t solving the problems that you have.
Stand up and face them, just make a stand.
For this is the time to decide.

Chorus
You can’t run away, this is the time.
This is the time to decide.
Just running away, it never made things right
and this is the time to decide.

(c) 1991 Words & Music John Robert Hunter

RECORDING NOTES

This was recorded in the mid of the break up of 404, and is a shame that it never was recorded as 404 as I feel it would have been a great with Paul playing guitar on it.