Running on Empty

[Verse 1]

Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels

Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields

In '85 I was seventeen, gunning up the 101

I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on

[Chorus]

Running on, running on empty

Running on, running blind

Running into the sun

But I'm running behind

[Verse 2]

Gotta do what you can just to keep your love alive

Trying not to confuse it with what you do to survive

'89 I was twenty-one and called the road my own

I don't know when that road turned onto the road I'm on

[Chorus]

Running on, running on empty

Running on, running blind

Running into the sun

But I'm running behind

[Bridge]

Everyone I know, everywhere I go

People need some reason to believe

If it takes all night, that'll be all right

If I can get you to smile before I leave

[Verse 3]

Looking 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 I used to turn to to pull me through

Looking into their eyes I see that they're running too

[Chorus]

Running on, running on empty

Running on, running blind

Running into the sun

But I'm running behind

[Verse 4]

Honey, you really tempt me

The way you look so kind

I'd love to stick around but I'm running behind

You know I don't even know what I'm hoping to find

I'm running into the sun but I'm running behind