I won't stop running I am way too young and I won't stop running Facing forward Falling backwards I'll take another sunrise Another hand to hold tight This isn't over

Because the times are getting so hard All I can buy is beer and wine Please go out to Washington for me Since this recession I'm losing my baby, Yes, since this recession I'm losing my baby, Yes, I have to stop running around, Man, you know it's breaking

Highway of emptiness outside the burning world, Rise again this quest for our salvation, Running faster, the savage laughter, the daylight fades away, Nothing left but the life we left behind, Ever searching the hidden faces, the inside, Broken by down

'Cause you've been running circles 'round My mind, turning me inside out And I fell for you but hit the ground 'Cause the only love I've known has let me Down and I need lifting up Now you ain't here I'm sleeping rough And I'm praying I can pray enough

The blue lights were shinin' Bringing out the freedom in your eyes I was too busy watching you Going wild child To be worried about going to jail You were thinking that Running for it Would make a good story I was thinking you were crazy as hell

Ring them bells ye heathen from the city that dreams Ring them bells from the sanctuaries cross the valleys and streams For they're deep and they're wide And the world is on its side And time is running backwards And so is the bride Ring them bells Saint

We were running with the night Playing in the shadows The heart of the city street was beating Light from the neons turned the dark to day We were too hot to think of sleeping We had to get out before the magic got away Just you and I, 'til the morning

I've dethroned the king of contradiction Or were you just a jester all along, a simple pawn? Don't you know you can't count your tears like your money Running down the drain You don't need to pray for me 'cause I'm not the one to blame I can't wait to

A love like this won't last forever I know that a love like this won't last forever Running through the heat heart beat You shine like silver in the sunlight You light up my whole heart It feels like in the sun, the sun We're running around and around

Make some good ol' love Ho na na na People, people Have you heard the good news There's people, people They're running just like you Today I say It's all that matters for now For you, and I