Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields In sixty-five I was seventeen and running up one-o-one I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on
Running on, running on empty Running on, running blind Running on, running into the sun But I'm running behind
Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive In sixty-nine I was twenty-one and I called the road my own I don't know when that road turned onto the road I'm on
Running on, running on empty Running on, running blind Running on, running into the sun But I'm running behind
Everyone I know, everywhere I go People need some reason to believe I don't know about anyone but me If it takes all night, that'll be all right If I can get you to smile before I leave
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels I don't know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels I look around for the friends that I used to turn to, to pull me through Looking into their eyes I see them running too
Running on, running on empty Running on, running blind Running on, running into the sun But I'm running behind
Honey, you really tempt me You know the way you look so kind I'd love to stick around But I'm running behind
Running on You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find Running behind Running into the sun but I'm running behind