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 onRunning on, running on empty
Running on, running blind
Running on, running into the sun
But I'm running behindGotta 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 onRunning on, running on empty
Running on, running blind
Running on, running into the sun
But I'm running behindEveryone 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 leaveLooking 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 tooRunning on, running on empty
Running on, running blind
Running on, running into the sun
But I'm running behindHoney, you really tempt me
You know the way you look so kind
I'd love to stick around
But I'm running behindRunning 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