ALWAYS ON THE RUN
As recorded by Lenny Kravitz
(From the 1991 Album MAMA SAID)


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[Intro]


[Verse 1]

My mama said

That your life

 is a gift

And my mama sa

id

There's much w

eight you will

 lift

And my mama sa

id

Leave those ba

d boys alone

And my mama sa

id

Be home before

 the dawn

And my mama sa

id

You can be ric

h or poor

But my mama sa

id

You can be big

 or small

[Chorus]
        
  But I'm alwa

ys on the run

Always on the 

run
          
  But I'm alwa

              
ys on the run

[Verse 2]

My mama said

That it's good

 to be fruitfu

l

But my mama sa

id

Don't take mor

e than a mouth

ful

And my mama sa

id

That it's good

 to be natural

And my mama sa

id

That it's good

 to be factual

[Chorus]
        
  But I'm alwa

ys on the run

Always on the 

run
          
  But I'm alwa

             
ys on the run,


   Slash...

[Guitar Solo]
        

[Verse 3]

My mama said

Baby don't rid

e that crazy h

orse

And my mama sa

id

You must push 

with much forc

e

And my mama sa

id

Go get all tha

t you're after

And my mama sa

id

That love's al

l that matters

[Chorus]
        
  But I'm alwa

ys on the run

Always on the 

run
          
  But I'm alwa

              
ys on the run
        
  But I'm alwa

ys on the run

Always on the 

run
        
  But I'm alwa

ys on the run

[Outro]

Hmm, what say 

mama, you want

 it

Hmm, right now

, got to hold 

on, yeah