Running Man lyrics

Artist  : Al Stewart 
Song : Running Man



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Before the phone hits the receiver
You're
halfway to the door
The voice said 'get out
while you can,
There's just ten minutes,
nothing more'
Time only for the
essentials
Better gather them and run
The
false name inside the passport,
The gold bars
and the gun
And once again they've come out of
the past
And though your mind is cool your
heart is beating fast
You've been through it
all before
Each time you wish a little more
that you could ask

What do you want from
me?
What do you need from me?
There's no
rest for the running man
Why can't you let him
be?'

It's a long and twisting
journey
From the sweeping northern
plains
To the outcrops of the jungle
Bowed
beneath the tropic rains
In the customs hall
the officer
Takes you to one side
And his
eyes reveal no feeling
As you hand over the
bribe
And once again you've bought a little
time
And once again you're fading out of
sight
Still the fox is growing older
As he
calls over his shoulder to the night:

What
do you want from me?
What do you need from
me?
There's no rest for the running man
Why
can't you let him be?

Here, come over
here
Beneath a sympathetic moon
We'll sit
and talk over old times without a fear
Another
beer, from the cafes of the night
The tumbling
rhythms of guitars ring loud and clear

One
by one they've nailed the others
But you always
got away
What it is that keeps you just that
step ahead
No one can say
In one last raid
the agents
Of the dawn break down the
door
Of a house where you were
standing
Maybe just an hour before
And
still the thread continues to unwind
You take
the hidden roads that only you can find
And
should they come upon your tracks
There's just
a question hanging back you left
behind

What do you want from me?
What
do you need from me?
No rest for the running
man
Why can't you let him be?

What do
you want from me?
What do you need from me?