Runner Man

When I was young I took my time place to place
Life lets you breath when you move at that pace
The words they didn't register and I couldn't hear them say
Look out, you should be running away
But my ears got sharp, and my hopes got dull
I had to push myself as time began to pull
Days, they got behind me in the scariest way
Routine and reverie soon started the race
Now now, now I'm the runner man you see but you don't know
And I'll be running for as long as I can go
Can't afford to slow down, I can't afford to wait
End times coming on, I can't be late, no no

There's no time to take it in, and no time to try
Slow down's to burn, to stop is to die
So I'm the runner man, it's all that I know
Won't you sit and see how far I can go? No, no
Sometimes I wish, I wish just for a break
But I can't slow down, I've got to carry that weight
This life's a race against the dusk and the dawn
So what can we do but run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, on...