Song lyrics Running On Empty by Jackson Browne

instrumental introduction

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 101
I don't know where I'm running now,
I'm just running on

Running on,
running on empty
Running on,
running blind
Running on,
running into the sun
But I'm running behind

Gotta 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 on

Running on,
running on empty
Running on,
running blind
Running on,
running into the sun
But I'm running behind

Everyone 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 leave

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
that I used to turn to
to pull me through
Looking into their eyes,
I see them running too

Running on, running on empty
Running on, running blind
Running on, running into the sun
But I'm running behind
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Honey you really tempt me
You know 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
Running into the sun
but I'm running behind