[Intro]
                    x3
                   

[Verse 1]
             
Looking out at

              
 the road rush

             
ing under my w

                   
heels
             
Looking back a

             
t the years go

              
ne by like so 

             
many summer fi

      
elds
             
In '65, I was 

            
seventeen, run

              
ning up 101
             
I don't know w

             
here I'm runni

              
ng now, I'm ju

    
st running on.

[Chorus]
              
(Running on) R

             
unning on empt

      
y
              
(Running on) R

                
unning blind
             
 Running into 

             
the sun, but r

         
unning behind.

[Verse 2]
             
Gotta do what 

             
you can just t

             
o keep your lo

      
ve alive,
             
Trying not to 

             
confuse it wit

             
h what you do 

      
to survive.
             
In 69, I was 2

            
1 and I called

              
 the road my o


wn.
             
I don't know w

             
hen that road 

              
turned onto th

        
e road I'm on.

[Chorus]
              
(Running  on) 

             
Running on emp

      
ty
              
(Running  on) 

                 
Running blind
             
 Running into 

             
the sun, but r

         
unning behind.

[Bridge]
            
Everyone I kno

            
w, everywhere 

             
I go, people n

           
eed some reaso

         
n to believe
            
If it takes al

            
l night, that'

             
ll be all righ

t
            
If I can get y

              
ou to smile be

     
fore I leave.

[Verse 3]
             
Looking out at

             
 the road rush

             
ing under my w

   
heels.
             
I don't know h

             
ow to tell you

             
 all just how 

   
crazy this lif

e feels.
             
I look around 

             
for the friend

             
s that I used 

   
to turn to tha

t pulled me th

rough.
             
Looking into t

             
heir eyes, I s

              
ee they're run

        
ning, too.

[Chorus]
              
(Running  on) 

             
Running on emp

      
ty
              
(Running  on) 

                
Running blind
             
 Running into 

             
the sun, but r

                   
unning behind.

[Verse 5]
             
Honey, you rea

             
lly tempt me, 

              
the way you lo

        
ok so kind.
             
I wanna know w

              
ho you are but

         
 I'm running b

ehind.
             
And I don't ev

             
en know what I

'm hoping  to 

 find.

[Outro]
             
Running into t

             
he sun, but ru

nning behind.