runnin blue

listen to me lady

so it's understood

this runnin' round life

ain't doing me no good

i get tired

get so tired of paying dues

but it seems there ain't no way around it

no end to runnin' blue

but i like to have my fun

like to run around

and i ain't no stranger

in nobody's town

but i get tired

get so tired of changing views

and the road don't get no shorter

runnin' round and runnin' blue

well this runnin' round life

might seem nice and easy

but when you're blowing with the wind

sometimes it gets real breezy

a man gets tired

i feel like i was born to lose

and there ain't no way around it

no way round runnin' blue

got no holes in my pockets

no holes in my shoes

but i don't know if i'm leaving detroit

or coming into baton rouge

i get tired

so tired of changing views

and there ain't no way around it

no way round runnin' blue

left my billfold at the airport

my suitcase on a train

now i can't find my umbrella

and it sure looks like rain

i get tired

so tired of playing to lose

and the road don't get no shorter

when you got the runnin' blues

well the night life ain't a good life

but it's my life too

once you're bound to this highway

ain't nothing you can do

except get tired

oh get tired of paying dues

and there ain't no way around it

no way round runnin' blue