Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Running, artist - Gil Scott-Heron. Album song We're New Again - A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven, in the genre R&BDate of issue: 06.02.2020
Record label: XL
Song language: English
Running |
| Because I always feel like running |
| Not away, because there is no such place |
| Because, if there was I would have found it by now |
| Because it’s easier to run, |
| Easier than staying and finding out you’re the only one… who didn’t run |
| Because running will be the way your life and mine will be described |
| As in «the long run» |
| Or as in having given someone a «run for his money» |
| Or as in «running out of time» |
| Because running makes me look like everyone else, |
| Though I hope there will ever be cause for that |
| Because I will be running in the other direction, |
| Not running for cover |
| Because if I knew where cover was, |
| I would stay there and never have to run for it Not running for my life, |
| Because I have to be running for something of more value |
| To be running and not in fear |
| Because the thing I fear cannot be escaped, eluded, avoided, |
| Hidden from, protected from, gotten away from, |
| Not without showing the fear as I see it now |
| Because closer, clearer, no sir, nearer |
| Because of you and because of that nice |
| That you quietly, quickly be causing |
| And because you’re going to see me run soon |
| And because you’re going to know why I’m running then |
| You’ll know then |
| Because I’m not going to tell you now |