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-on-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 
Into 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

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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
You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find
Running into the sun but I'm running behind