Time was running fast (Hmmm) While we were walking so slow (Hmmm) As I watched us grow and grow (Hmmm) We carried our love in cups to go (Grew so tall our heads hit ceilings) Trouble seemed so small (Outgrew all the doors and walls) We never needed any

That's my house and that's my car There's the window to the room Where she lays her pretty head I planted that tree out by the fence Not long after we moved in That's my kids and that's my wife Who's that man, runnin' my life Turn left at the old hotel I

I like doin' what she likes Doin' what she likes She likes hearin' how good she looks in them blue jeans Little kisses, sweeter than sweet tea Things I whispered in her ear, oh my Like running my fingers through her long hair Lightin' watermelon candles

Diggin' my grave Diggin' my, diggin' my, diggin' my You've been up all night You've been out all night So keep on runnin' 'round Ain't no need to hurry back 'Cause I'll be gone from here You'll be all dressed up in black Six feet under, baby, that's

You're right there watching me I'm hiding from my shadows Gimme, gimme, gimme space (Gimme, gimme, gimme space) Running inside my dreams I know that you are watching I need a taste of freedom I need some room to breathe But I know that you are watching

The waters turn The hardships we endure You ain't the only son Or forgotten daughter Yet I keep on running And I won't look back The waters rise You never know just where they're at We have drowned in blackened waters

Running blind I'm running blind I've been crawling on my knees Looking for anything To keep me from drowning Now I'm running backward Somebody help me see I'm running blind Can't find the answers Promises have been turned to lies

Niggas runnin' out they mouth but they never pop out I got the drop on your spot, everybody watch out All my niggas on fifty, so you know we hopped out Mobbed out, opps out, we gon' show what we about All my niggas really gang bang, talk that damn slang

'Cause when I leave this town I won't be back no more, no more I got the key to the highway, Billed out and bound to go I'm gonna leave here running people Because walking is most too slow I'm going back, to the border Before they put up the fence Where

I don't know why they say grown men don't cry I pulled into the shopping center And saw a little boy wrapped around the legs of his mother Like ice cream melting, they embraced Years of bad decisions running down her face All morning I'd been thinking my